Power operated rotary knife with vacuum attachment assembly

A power operated rotary knife including: a handle assembly, a head assembly and a vacuum attachment assembly. The handle assembly includes an elongated cylindrical handle housing defining a handle assembly longitudinal axis extending through a throughbore of the handle housing. The head assembly includes a rotary knife blade rotatably supported for rotation about an axis of rotation in a blade housing and a frame securing the blade housing to the distal end of the handle assembly in a position offset from the handle housing, the axis of rotation of the rotary knife blade being spaced apart from and parallel to the handle longitudinal axis. The vacuum attachment assembly includes an adapter including an upper boss affixed to the frame and a body for receiving a vacuum hose. A central axis of the adapter is parallel with respect to the rotary knife blade central axis and the handle assembly longitudinal axis.