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The autopsy tool that was most likely the inspiration for the Rhino's profile is none other than the Archcutters Hook, otherwise known as a Red Devil Linoleum Knife. This knife was used to remove the rib cage plate during autopsies by severing the cartilage. Its modern day replacement is the motorized Stryker Saw which is used to cut straight through bone. Some veteran prosectors still favor the linoleum knife because it leaves smooth cartilage ends instead of the jagged, glove ripping bone ends left in the Stryker Saw's wake. There is one medical tool supplier which did (does) sell cheap chrome plated versions of the linoleum knife which look more "medical" but the vast majority of prosectors just used a six dollar Red Devil Linoleum Knife. Incidentally Thomas Harris' now infamous villain Dr. Hannibal Lector used a linoleum knife to gut FBI agent Will Graham the very moment he realized that the good doctor was in fact the killer. Furthermore Hannibal uses a Spyderco Harpy and a Civilian in the latest Harris yarn.
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Never argue with a man that wears a size 5 hat.
[This message has been edited by arkhamdrifter (edited 29 September 1999).]
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Never argue with a man that wears a size 5 hat.
[This message has been edited by arkhamdrifter (edited 29 September 1999).]