Apache Pistol / Knife / Knuckle Duster
This great looking contraction was called the “Apache”.
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Actually, mate, the item you have pictured was not called an Apache, but was used by the Apache (Ah-Pah-Shay) gangs of the Parisian underworld. The gangs take their name from news stories that noted them to be vicious in combat, comparable to American Apache warriors. The thugs took a shine to the name and adopted it, forming “war bands” that amounted to little more than street gangs.
Greetings from Texas,
I don’t disagree with the facts presented about this weapon getting it’s name from Parisian gangs, but Apache is the only name I have ever known it by. I first saw one of these at the PANHANDLE PLAINS MUSEUM in Canyon Texas with my grandfather. I was six I think and thought it was the neatest gun I had ever seen. That one is still there as of two years ago.
Many years later I not only saw one at COLLECTORS FIREARMS in Houston Texas but was actually able to hold and examine it. I concluded it would make a great pair of brass knucles. The knife was nothing to trust your life to. I think it would have broken off if stuck in someone, even when new. If memory serves me correctly it was a 6mm pinfire. In Texas we call that a mouse gun.
Please don’t misunderstand what I am saying here. It was wonderful to see the beastie, and brought back memories of my grandfather. The $2,600.00 dollar price is the only reason I left the store without it. But if push came to shove I think I would leave it in my pocket and use the 1911 for self defense, even against the mouse!