Comments on: What is this Georg Jensen thing?

By: LB

LB — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:32:47 +0000

I think this is something we barbarians in North America aren’t as familiar with as Europeans are! All over the world I’ve seen methods for peeling oranges in the most beautiful ways, but around here we mostly claw at them and get that orange peel oil under our fingernails. I watched a child in Thailand make a beautiful, non-sticky, convenient flower out of her orange in under 10 seconds with a little knife and felt completely ashamed of our unimaginative uncouthness around these parts.

By: Elbnymphe

Elbnymphe — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 20:20:44 +0000

I am aware that the mystery has been solved, but I am nonetheless proud that I knew the answer before I’d even read the question!

By: LB

LB — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 03:54:20 +0000

Anne, you win the prize, had there been a prize. It is in fact an orange peeler – http://old.georgjensen.com/English/Collections/Living/Small%20Gifts/Orange%20Peeler.aspx?pagenumber=2
and that’s what I’m going to use it for from now on. Thank you!

By: LB

LB — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 03:46:47 +0000

It’s almost totally flat. Not a shoehorn but that seems like another good guess. The little hooked edge is relatively sharp, though, so I don’t think so. But not really quite sharp enough to be a string-cutter, though maybe it once was?

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 03:20:41 +0000

Is it flat?

Could it be a shoehorn?

By: anne

anne — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 03:05:04 +0000

Its an ORANGE PEELER!!

By: LB

LB — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 02:45:23 +0000

I did try to open a bottle with it once and gashed my hand, so I don’t think so, but that could certainly have been user error. I think Kevin might be right: it’s a letter opener (though Google turns up nothing still). And now I have to go hunt for the thing to try it! It’s in the kitchen drawer somewhere.

By: Foster Grant

Foster Grant — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 02:29:29 +0000

Looks like it could pop open some cold beer bottles too…

By: Michael

Michael — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 02:07:25 +0000

Hey!

I thought it might be a mayonnaise scooper (to get all the mayo out of the jar). But it’s so small! Letter opener? I’d lose it before I’d use it.

BTW, I love your blog! Keep up the good work!

By: LB

LB — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 22:21:34 +0000

Kevin, Thank you! Why didn’t I think of that? I guess it seemed too short to be a letter opener. Of course, how silly. Now I’m going to go try it.