I see a knife, a fork, and a spoon, plus some other implements about which I don’t really care to speculate. More details over at The Fitzwilliam Museum. [via Neatorama]
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I have to say, this is awesome. I honestly had no idea had these things in the 3rd cetury…
Kinda knocks the Swiss Army into place, doesn’t it?!
I’d love to see a re-make of this. If I had metal-frging equipment, i’d do it myself!
The long pointy tool looks like either an awl or a fid. The next one over to the left looks like a pipe tamp. I don’t know what the “torch” shaped tool could be though.
Which bit is the one for removing stones from horses hooves?
It’s on the linked page: “eating implement, folding, with three-pronged fork, spatula, pick, spike and knife”