Steve Pope wrote:
>
> Blinky the Shark > wrote:
>
> >This is a screen capture from a film I'm watching -- "The Third Man", a
> >1949 noir set in Austria right after WWII. A bird is being carved. What
> >is the rod that my arrow is pointing to, that sticks perpendicularly out
> >of the fork. I've not seen this before. But, of course, I do live under
> >the sea (not far from an octopus's garden).
>
> >http://blinkynet.net/stuff/fork.jpg
>
> Looks to me like a hilt to prevent the fork from going in too far,
> when you shove it into a greasy bird. But I've also never seen
> this before.
>
> Great movie BTW. Especially the zither.
>
> Steve

We had a fork like that when I was a child. Always took it for granted
that that was how such a thing was supposed to be

In article .net>,
Blinky the Shark > wrote:

> This (inset) seems awkward, but it's apparently done enough to warrant
> plenty of knifes being made that way.

One step at a time for me. I've never used tinypic before. I'll get into
the short URL stuff later.
<http://i26.tinypic.com/288rqxe.jpg> for the set and
<http://i25.tinypic.com/6qi4aq.jpg> to see what I think the widget is
used for. Look at the shadow.
But thanks for starting the thread. I was never interested enough to
concern myself with it before now.

leo

On Fri 25 Apr 2008 09:41:21p, Leonard Blaisdell told us...

> In article .net>,
> Blinky the Shark > wrote:
>
>> This (inset) seems awkward, but it's apparently done enough to warrant
>> plenty of knifes being made that way.
>
> One step at a time for me. I've never used tinypic before. I'll get into
> the short URL stuff later.
> <http://i26.tinypic.com/288rqxe.jpg> for the set and
> <http://i25.tinypic.com/6qi4aq.jpg> to see what I think the widget is
> used for. Look at the shadow.
> But thanks for starting the thread. I was never interested enough to
> concern myself with it before now.
>
> leo
>

That's a beautiful set, Leo.

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In article 4>,
Wayne Boatwright > wrote:

> That's a beautiful set, Leo.

Thanks Wayne. There have been over a hundred earthquakes west of us in
the Mogul-Verdi area for weeks. I felt none. One minute ago, I felt one.
I'll bet it's a paltry five. I haven't felt one here since 1965. I was
going to comment on the carving set but am distracted now. Not fearful,
just distracted.

leo

On Fri 25 Apr 2008 11:51:48p, Leonard Blaisdell told us...

> In article 4>,
> Wayne Boatwright > wrote:
>
>> That's a beautiful set, Leo.
>
> Thanks Wayne. There have been over a hundred earthquakes west of us in
> the Mogul-Verdi area for weeks. I felt none. One minute ago, I felt one.
> I'll bet it's a paltry five. I haven't felt one here since 1965. I was
> going to comment on the carving set but am distracted now. Not fearful,
> just distracted.
>
> leo
>

I would be distracted, too, Leo. Hope you don't feel any more of them!

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On Sat, 26 Apr 2008 00:06:45 GMT, Leonard Blaisdell
> wrote:

>In article >,
> Gloria P > wrote:
>
>> Not quite. My late mother-in-law had a bone-handled carving set with a
>> fork that had that rod. It is a "rest" to prevent the fork tines from
>> touching the tableclolth and getting it dirty if it slid off the
>> platter. On MIL's fork the rod swiveled down so it wouldn't be in the
>> way when you were carving.
>
>I'm posting very late and too often. I just tried swiveling the 'guard'
>into position and using it as a rest for dirty tines above the table. It
>worked great. In all my life, I've never ran a knife up a fork to cut
>myself.
>
>leo

i was thinking this also. what in the world would you be carving (and
with what technique) to have this happen?

your pal,
blake

blake murphy wrote:

> On Sat, 26 Apr 2008 00:06:45 GMT, Leonard Blaisdell
> > wrote:
>
>>In article >,
>> Gloria P > wrote:
>>
>>> Not quite. My late mother-in-law had a bone-handled carving set with a
>>> fork that had that rod. It is a "rest" to prevent the fork tines from
>>> touching the tableclolth and getting it dirty if it slid off the
>>> platter. On MIL's fork the rod swiveled down so it wouldn't be in the
>>> way when you were carving.
>>
>>I'm posting very late and too often. I just tried swiveling the 'guard'
>>into position and using it as a rest for dirty tines above the table. It
>>worked great. In all my life, I've never ran a knife up a fork to cut
>>myself.
>>
>>leo
>
> i was thinking this also. what in the world would you be carving (and
> with what technique) to have this happen?

That's been illustrated in a photo I've already linked twice.


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