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adelapt Posts: 418 Registered: May 2003	posted 10-22-2003 05:28 PM [01-1279] I have a small knife and fork set, ivory handles, silver business ends, made in Birmingham (UK) early 19thC. Length about 5 inches. Although I've thought of them as made for a child's use, the blade is not very robust, and the fork tines (about 1 inch long) are awfully pointy. Could do a lot of tonsil damage. Does anyone have an opinion on whether such things were just made for eating fruit with, or were intended for children's use? IP: Logged
t-man-nc Posts: 327 Registered: Mar 2000	posted 10-30-2003 05:55 PM I found a small booklet about small silver fruit knives that has several forks as well as knives. The piece you speak of may be one of these. The booklet is "Silver Folding Fruit Kivnes by Bill Karsten" ibsn 0-940362-11-2 published by knife world publications in 1986. send a picture and I will let you know if it is in the booklett, else you can try to get a copy... Hope this helps... "Smaug" IP: Logged
adelapt Posts: 418 Registered: May 2003	posted 10-30-2003 09:37 PM Thanks T-Man-NC, can't send a picture right now as too technologically backward, but will chase the book! Cheers, Adelapt IP: Logged

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