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Mystery utensils!

NoxyNoxy Registered User regular
edited April 2014 in Help / Advice Forum
Howdy folks!

Anyone know what these are? My wife found them in a box of her grandfather's things. They are not sharp.

I am at a loss.

http://imgur.com/BxmdhAm

Noxy on

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  • CambiataCambiata Commander Shepard The likes of which even GAWD has never seenRegistered User regular
    My guess would be butter knives, though I don't know why you'd buy butter knives separate from a full set of cutlery.

    When I've seen special set-aside utensils like that in my parents old things, they have always been specialty drink stirers, but those don't have the right shape for that, even for something really stylized. There's no curve at all that I can see.

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  • The EnderThe Ender Registered User regular
    Clay / putty knives.

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  • Blake TBlake T Do you have enemies then? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life.Registered User regular
    The Ender wrote: »
    Clay / putty knives.

    I would have said cake decorating tools.

    Which are essentially the same thing.

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  • AiouaAioua Ora Occidens Ora OptimaRegistered User regular
    Are they in styrofoam?

    This mystery is leading me to all the best images!
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  • XaquinXaquin Right behind you!Registered User regular
    "I do believe your supposed to scratch your ass with it."

    I'd say putty knives too except they look far too fancy for that.

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  • AiouaAioua Ora Occidens Ora OptimaRegistered User regular
    Best I can tell they're a weird version of a butter spreader. (A more specific version of a butter knife.)

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    fuck up once and you break your thumb / if you're happy at all then you're god damn dumb
    that's right we're on a fucked up cruise / God is dead but at least we have booze
    bad things happen, no one knows why / the sun burns out and everyone dies
  • DaenrisDaenris Registered User regular
    Are they all the same end or different? I initially thought they were all slightly different heads and thought clay tools, but if they're all the same but just turned differently in the container that's unlikely.

  • NoxyNoxy Registered User regular
    Unfortunately that is the only picture I have because my wife sent it with her phone. The heads are all the same size/shape and they are a bit smaller than would be expected for butter spreaders.

    They are in a foam container with a plastic lid, and were found in a hutch that housed glasses and drink related things along with other dining stuff.

    If I am able to, sometime this weekend I will see if I can manage some more pictures with better reference to size and shape.

  • ceresceres When the last moon is cast over the last star of morning And the future has past without even a last desperate warningRegistered User, Moderator Mod Emeritus
    They look like scalpels to me, if scalpels were serrated that way.

    And it seems like all is dying, and would leave the world to mourn
  • XaquinXaquin Right behind you!Registered User regular
    Short blade table knives?

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  • RingoRingo He/Him a distinct lack of substanceRegistered User regular
    ceres wrote: »
    They look like scalpels to me, if scalpels were serrated that way.

    Maybe something used to cut open crab/lobster/crustaceans?

  • DjeetDjeet Registered User regular
    edited April 2014
    That is definitely flatware. Looks to me like something related to shellfish (digging out meat from a shell). My wife's grandparents gave us a hideously complex set of flatware. I have no idea what a half dozen or more utensils are intended for. It actually looks somewhat like what you have (design is heavily informed by bamboo).

    It doesn't look to be used for carving, slicing or spreading.

    Edit: If they're real sharp then they're used for slicing. Cannot tell.

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  • AiouaAioua Ora Occidens Ora OptimaRegistered User regular
    I don't think they're actually serrated, I think that's reflections of the beads of styrofoam.

    life's a game that you're bound to lose / like using a hammer to pound in screws
    fuck up once and you break your thumb / if you're happy at all then you're god damn dumb
    that's right we're on a fucked up cruise / God is dead but at least we have booze
    bad things happen, no one knows why / the sun burns out and everyone dies
  • JasconiusJasconius sword criminal mad onlineRegistered User regular
    Djeet wrote: »
    Looks to me like something related to shellfish

    this was my first reaction

    it looks like a knife designed to get meat out of shellfish

    the runner up would be a needlessly fancy butter knife

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  • November FifthNovember Fifth Registered User regular
    I am almost certain that they are fish knives, used by diners to carve their own filets during a seafood course.

  • Donovan PuppyfuckerDonovan Puppyfucker A dagger in the dark is worth a thousand swords in the morningRegistered User regular
    Pate knives?

  • NightDragonNightDragon 6th Grade Username Registered User regular
    I...think I might've found the exact same knives in a set on ebay! It says they're knives from a vintage hors d'oeuvre flatware set.

    http://www.ebay.com/itm/Set-of-12-Gold-Colored-Hors-doeuvre-Small-Forks-Knives-Shaped-Like-Bamboo-/331182522294

    Oh, and here's another, with the same set in styrofoam, like yours:
    http://www.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-MID-CENTURY-RETRO-GOLDPLATED-BAMBOO-SEAFOOD-HORS-D-OEUVRES-FORKS-KNIVES-/371051406202

  • AiouaAioua Ora Occidens Ora OptimaRegistered User regular
    NightDragon wrote: »
    I...think I might've found the exact same knives in a set on ebay! It says they're knives from a vintage hors d'oeuvre flatware set.

    http://www.ebay.com/itm/Set-of-12-Gold-Colored-Hors-doeuvre-Small-Forks-Knives-Shaped-Like-Bamboo-/331182522294

    Oh, and here's another, with the same set in styrofoam, like yours:
    http://www.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-MID-CENTURY-RETRO-GOLDPLATED-BAMBOO-SEAFOOD-HORS-D-OEUVRES-FORKS-KNIVES-/371051406202

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    life's a game that you're bound to lose / like using a hammer to pound in screws
    fuck up once and you break your thumb / if you're happy at all then you're god damn dumb
    that's right we're on a fucked up cruise / God is dead but at least we have booze
    bad things happen, no one knows why / the sun burns out and everyone dies
  • NoxyNoxy Registered User regular
    I was just about to grab a few more pictures but that is exactly what I was looking at.

    The mystery is solved! Huzzah!

    It seems like a lot of people were on the right track, but having the pictures really helped solidify the whole thing.

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