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hawkeye177 · 06-18-2002, 03:43 PM

In the IRC chat there is a debate on knives.

We are trying to decide what kind of knife this is.
We Need your input.
Here is the knife

What type is it?

Some info

Quote:

Today the most common place setting items are (*):

Teaspoon
Place Spoon
Place Fork
Salad Fork
Place Knife

The most common additions to the basic five piece place settings are(**):

Butter Spreader
Cocktail Fork
Cream Soup Spoon
Iced Teaspoon

Place Setting Knives
[Butter Spreader] [Another Butter Spreader] ** -
A small blunt knife to spread butter or pt. The handle may be hollow or flat. This is noticeably different from the master butter server by being somewhat smaller and the blade is never angled away from the handle. Flat handled master butter servers will usually (but not always) have a blade that is at an angle from the handle.

Dinner Knife - (9 1/2" - 10")
This is the largest of the individual knives. This may only be distinguished from the place knives by the length. If the length is greater than 91/2" it is probably the dinner knife.

Fruit Knife - (61/2" - 7")
This is a small sharp knife to cut fruit.

Grill Knife - (9 - 9 1/2")
This is a long handled, short bladed knife. It is usually found with grill forks. This is a style that became popular in the middle part of the 20th Century. It seems to be most common in silver plated patterns.

Place / Lunch Knife * - (8 1/2 - 9 1/2")
In many patterns the place knife and the lunch knife are the same. In patterns in which these are different, the lunch knife will be slightly smaller than the place knife. This is the standard knife in a flatware service.

Steak Knife - (81/2 - 91/2")
This is a version of the place knife that has a sharp (usually serrated) blade. It was designed for cutting meat. It is the modern equivalent of the individual carving set. Do not let your doctor's orders stop you from owning steak knives. They are wonderful for slicing breads & cutting sandwiches!

From http://www.aadinex.com/theguide.htm
Thanks

caddmannq · 06-18-2002, 03:50 PM

That's an ordinary table knife, often misnamed a butter knife. A butter knife is really kind of bent like a small spatula or trowel.

Warthog · 06-18-2002, 03:53 PM

LMAO

You and the other hawk are STILL debating this lame@$$ subject?? whatever

Ok, when you say "here is the knife", that link is ONE dinner setting (just for one person)? If so, that would be the dinner knife...

The pic is far different than what you were talking about last night.

*confused*

Unless you have an actual picture of the knife set, we can't tell. You said there was just ONE knife like that (the one we are talking about) in the entire set. So I said butter spreader.

*confused*

whatever

Warthog

Warthog · 06-18-2002, 03:55 PM

Quote:

A butter knife is really kind of bent like a small spatula or trowel.

Exactly. That's what you showed us a picture of last night, hawk.

hawkeye177 · 06-18-2002, 04:01 PM

Yep
I showed you a picture of a butter knife and some of place knives. I was trying to get the point across of the dif types of knives.. We are trying to figure out what kind of knife is in the pic.