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    What is this?

    Any ideas? Seems like a culinary cutting tool. Or maybe a letter opener?
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    A divot fixer?
    No longer stuck.

    Quote Originally Posted by stuckathuntermtn View Post
    Just an uneducated guess.

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    does it spark when you squeeze the handle- if so sparker for an acetylene torch?

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    I want to say it is a serving piece because of the bevel on flat part. It looks like something you would use to "lift" some sort of sticky food item then squeeze the arm to help move it off on to a plate. The "serving" surface does seem small though.

    Edit: I've been baking/cooking so I'm rather food focused at the moment - probably totally off base.

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    No sparks, very smooth action. Made of very lightweight metal.
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    dog shit picker upper? raclette server?

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    PM Rontele
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    combination of KQ and iceman...a soft cheese slicer/server?

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    Cooks has a section in the magazine where people send in pictures of odd utensils etc. they've found for identification - if you are really interested you could try that.

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    Quote Originally Posted by irul&ublo View Post
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    Medieval sex toy maybe?

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    Quote Originally Posted by irul&ublo View Post
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    Undoubtedly, David has someone on staff to do exactly what this thing does.
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    Quote Originally Posted by KQ View Post
    Cooks has a section in the magazine where people send in pictures of odd utensils etc. they've found for identification - if you are really interested you could try that.
    I have faith in the collective. I've tried image search engines to no avail. I will be willing to do the Cooks thing if we can't figure it out.
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    Reddit has a "what is this thing" thread. Lots of traffic...
    Forum Cross Pollinator, gratuitously strident

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    Quote Originally Posted by rideit View Post
    Reddit has a "what is this thing" thread. Lots of traffic...
    Thanks. Posted it up.
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    Looks like something for serving fish like smoked salmon?

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    Is it radix panax notoginseng? - splat
    This is like hanging yourself but the rope breaks. - DTM
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    I presume it's hinged at the top (just off the bottom left corner of the pic), but is there a spring to keep it open?

    Edit: nevermind, just saw Reddit won. They're quick.

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    Quote Originally Posted by iceman View Post
    dog shit picker upper? raclette server?

    sounds like some bad raclette
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    Quote Originally Posted by MakersTeleMark View Post
    Weird
    No longer stuck.

    Quote Originally Posted by stuckathuntermtn View Post
    Just an uneducated guess.

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    That seems like it would be harder to use than two spoons...maybe its for a one armed person though.
    Damn shame, throwing away a perfectly good white boy like that

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    Yeah, there is no way I would have figured out what it was. I'm going to give it to a good friend who loves making cookies and see if he ever uses it. At least it will get used once.
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    Quote Originally Posted by MakersTeleMark View Post
    At least it will get used once.
    Come on man, get creative. I'm sure you can find a way to use at as a sex toy.

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