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Old 5th November 2008, 10:42 PM   #22
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Hi Jim,

Another thing I just realized is that there's a reason to put a serving knife in a sheath, and that is if you're going to be serving outside, at a picnic or such. Then I thought of the kind of "picnic" that would use such a thing, and that boggled my mind. I tend to lean towards your idea of being some sort of presentation piece, but then we're stuck with the question of why it got sharpened.

Hi Katana,

As for the "hoof pick," well it could be, but looking at a couple pages of google pictures, and I'm not convinced. Basically, the point doesn't stick out far enough, and it's at the end of a sharp blade, which means that levering a pebble out would be difficult (unless you hold it by the sharp edge). I think it works better as a gut hook, although I really think that this tip wasn't designed to take much strain in any direction.

I know! It was specifically designed to fool collectors!

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