That's not a knife, *this* is a knife: The Dumonthier blade gun
France
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6m 50s
Jonathan gets hands on with one of the wackier combination weapons seen in this series. The object is one of a number of patented combination weapons by Parisian gunmaker, Dumonthier & Chartron, that exist in the museum's collection.
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