Old Hand-forged Meat Fork with Eponymously Carved Wooden Handle Bing and Grondahl this is a perfect set

this is a perfect set to play with as well as to admire--and  it's quite a nice thing to have the choice of straight or bent hook depending on the form of the jack straw one is trying to lift

I’m not an expert but think it might represent an American Oystercatcher with its bright yellow eyes and long beak

" It's ubiquity does not make me love it any less

who began carving in the late 70s

Old Hand-forged Meat Fork with Eponymously Carved Wooden Handle Bing and Grondahl this is a perfect setOne sees old knives and butcher blocks with BREAD carved in their handles or around the edges, but I have not ever seen a MEAT fork, and for me at least it carries a very different sort of weight! Plus, its just the time of year to put this one to use serving a holiday meal! Perhaps just the right gift to bring to a Thanksgiving host or hostessthough for me this really resonates as a symbolic sort of object, with all sorts of rather primal