On Sat, 30 Jan 2010 22:21:12 -0800 (PST), itsjoannotjoann
> wrote:

>On Jan 30, 8:20*pm, Sqwertz > wrote:
>> On Sat, 30 Jan 2010 19:24:46 -0500, wrote:
>> > On Sat, 30 Jan 2010 14:21:40 -0600, Sqwertz >
>> > wrote:
>>
>> >>http://i45.tinypic.com/2u63gqd.jpg
>> >>http://i45.tinypic.com/fw57if.jpg
>> >>http://i46.tinypic.com/nfjsk9.jpg
>>
>> OK, grapefruit knife it is. *My first thought was some sort of
>> citrus sectioner, but I didn't know there was such a thing as a
>> actual grapefruit knife.
>>
>> The knife I'm still not convinced it's a "fruit knife" (whatever
>> that is). *It doesn't match any other pictures of fruit knives.
>> Then again I don't see anything that differentiates fruit knives
>> from any other serrated knife.
>>
>> Which leaves the fork. *Granny fork? *Granny would have a hard time
>> getting her mouth open wide enough for this fork. *And then her
>> dentures would get pretty scratched up.
>>
>> I meant to post this to RFC where I know some Italians hang out, so
>> I'm crossposting it there now.
>>
>> Fork: Cast aluminum made in Italy. *Very light and strong. *The
>> times are quite substantial and the backs of them come to a sharp
>> point, unlike any other forks I've seen. *Great for shredding meats
>> and incorporating flour and shortening. It would also cut sheets of
>> pasta into ribbons, I suspect. I'm wondering if this fork has a
>> special use in the Italian kitchen.
>>
>> -sw
>
>>
>>
>The yellow knife looks like what I've seen and used called a 'tomato'
>knife. No clue about the other one.

The yellow handled knife with the offset thin serrated blade is a
melon knife, it's used to separate the rind from sections of melon...
so technically it is a fruit knife because it does seem to have a ***
blade....

That knife that folks think is a grapefruit knife is actually only one
half of a grapefruit knife, it's the part that removes the membrane
from any citrus sections. But the more universal grapefruit knife has
a curved blade and is used to both separate the pulp from rind and
also removes the individual membranes... it looks like this:
http://www.surlatable.com/product/id...4-000423bb4e79

That little knife also seems to have a single scalloped edge
(grapefruit/citrus knives always have a serrated/sawtooth edge) so
that is very likely a knife canners use to remove the pit from cling
peaches.

I seriously doubt that oddball aluminum fork is a kitchen/food prep
tool... besides it being of reactive material heat would quickly
travel up its very conductive aluminum handle necessitating use of a
hot pad. Granny forks are almost always of stainless steel, or carbon
steel, and always have a wooden, bakelite, or some sort of insulating
handle. If it's made in Italy it's very probably some sort of manure
fork. LOL