Two-piece letter opener

An envelope opener comprising:

• a cutting portion including a base having front and back faces and provided with a rabbet opening out of one of its faces, a spear spaced from the base, and a connecting segment extending between the base and one end of the spear to support the spear on the base, there being a slot between the base and the spear, with both sides and one end of the slot being open and the other end being closed at the connecting segment, the base, spear and connecting segment being molded as an integral unit from a polymer, the cutting portion also including a blade which is embedded in the spear and the connecting segment and presents a cutting edge at the closed end of the slot;
• and a handle portion including a base having front and back faces and provided with a rabbet opening out of one of its faces, the handle portion also including a gripping segment joined to its base and having a front and a back where it is exposed for griping, the base and gripping segment also being molded as an integral unit from a polymer;
• the base of the handle portion being received in the rabbet of the base for the cutting portion and the base of the cutting portion being received in the rabbet of the base for the handle portion, with the front faces of the two bases being flush and the back faces at the two bases being flush, the cutting portion and the handle portion being joined firmly together at their bases.