F. Dick 18 mm Bacon Ripper Replacement Blades, 5-Pack

For bellies where a 14 or 16 mm channel is too narrow, these 18 mm blades fit the F. Dick bacon ripper and cut a wider strip with each pull. The pack contains five.

Larger hogs carry heavier ribs, and a processor working those bellies may choose a wider blade to match. Keeping one width throughout a run means the trimmed bellies are uniform when they go to cure and smoke. Each blade is made to fit the ripper head exactly, so there is no play to throw the cut off line.

Because the width is consistent from blade to blade, the change does not alter how the ripper handles. That keeps the line running at the same pace after each swap.

Replace a blade as soon as it starts to catch rather than waiting for it to fail mid-belly. Spent blades are still sharp at the corners and should go into a sharps container. The 16 mm and 20 mm packs sit on either side of this size.