This device was used to permanently destroy the larger joints of a victim – the limb placed between the teeth and the screws slowly tightened.
![Knee Splitter](/app/uploads/2021/08/ksplitter01.jpg)
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Not reserved for the knees, the splitter was used to crush any joint that could comfortably (or uncomfortably) between its teeth.
![Knee Splitter](/app/uploads/2021/08/ksplitter02.jpg)