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277365 the_tinker <tinker@z...> 2023‑05‑19 Re: fork
Scott,
We went to Brimfield last week. I know I saw some there. Next time we
go, you are on my list.
-JP

On 5/19/23 02:13, scottg wrote:
> Well I am inconsolable. I have lost my fork.
> Its been gone too many days to be merely misplaced. I am sure it was
> accidentally thrown out with probably a stack of paper plates.
>
> Last year I found a Perfect Handle dinner fork in one of my usual junk
> haunts. Just one orphan.
>
> Not one of the clumsy forks with wood overlay you see so often.
>  But an actual forged and inlay fitted perfect handle in table flatware.
>  It turned out to be just right in every way for my type. It fits,
> good balance, sturdy construction. It's a Perfect Handle!!
>
>  http://users.snowcrest.net/kitty/sgrandstaff/images/house/bistroflatware2.jpg
>
>
> Since the loss I have been researching and it turns out its a German
> invention, the Japanese copied it and the Chinese are copying it now.
>
> And the damn things are hot!  Popular I mean.
> They sell for real money. Even the latest Chinese copies on Amazon.
> The originals go dearly.
>
> So, I can get more but I don't like paying that much,
> and so far I haven't given in.
>
> Wanted dead or alive.  High quality Perfect Handle dinner flatware.
> Please be on the lookout.
> They aren't very old. Somewhere a salvation goodwill habitat store has
> a sack of them.
>   yours scott
>

--
John Pesut
Boardman, Ohio

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