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From that same grandmother, I have her gravy stirring spoon. It was silver, and after a lifetime of stirring gravy made in a cast iron skillet, the edge is very worn down. The handle is close to breaking, and I just keep it im my safe. Since it is silver, it has a nominal melt value. Not in my lifetime.
As a kid I saw her making gravy for grandpa using that spoon.
My grandfather made a big deal of giving me his butcher knife he used for decades when he worked at Armor and Co, cutting up cattle and pigs, and every other food animal. It is a Green River Works knife, and with little effort, I can sharpen it to scalpel like sharpness, and then I end up just touching it to a finger and cut myself, so i keep it just a little duller. It has a wooden handle, and I am sure that would never be allowed on today's butcher floors. He was there 100 years ago, and went from loading rail road cars to running the credit union when they finally shut down.
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Glen
49 Year member of the Porsche Club of America
1985 911 Carrera; 2017 Macan
1986 El Camino with Fuel Injected 350 Crate Engine
My Motto: I will never be too old to have a happy childhood!
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