I’m in my mid 40s and many of my cutlery had names. I’m not kidding. There’s Mack, the knife. Then there’s “gitty”, a fork from git. There’s “Hulk”, my favorite mother-of-Pearl egg spoon (from “spoony god”, got it?!?), another fork named “cleetus”, another knife called “Aragorn”, a huge serving spoon called “Schaffer” (a German thing, from “schaffen”, getting it done), an old knife called Emily (cause it’s blunt), a fork called “Becki” from Bakelite, it’s end of made from it (no dishwasher for Becki, ever), a 2 prong fork called “Chris”, from Christopher Pike, the star Trek captain, “butters” the butter knife, “Ichi”, the Japanese crazy Sharp straight knife, regularly sharpened on “Neil” and “Kappa”, the diamond and the water stone and the list goes on and on. Don’t ask about the other stuff, like “Wicket”, the electric wok. E-wok. Right. That one. I guess, it became kind of a hobby.
I’m in my mid 40s and many of my cutlery had names. I’m not kidding. There’s Mack, the knife. Then there’s “gitty”, a fork from git. There’s “Hulk”, my favorite mother-of-Pearl egg spoon (from “spoony god”, got it?!?), another fork named “cleetus”, another knife called “Aragorn”, a huge serving spoon called “Schaffer” (a German thing, from “schaffen”, getting it done), an old knife called Emily (cause it’s blunt), a fork called “Becki” from Bakelite, it’s end of made from it (no dishwasher for Becki, ever), a 2 prong fork called “Chris”, from Christopher Pike, the star Trek captain, “butters” the butter knife, “Ichi”, the Japanese crazy Sharp straight knife, regularly sharpened on “Neil” and “Kappa”, the diamond and the water stone and the list goes on and on. Don’t ask about the other stuff, like “Wicket”, the electric wok. E-wok. Right. That one. I guess, it became kind of a hobby.