what is this tool

[hruf]

what is this tool and what is it use for. I found it in a closet

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[YinzerMama]

I almost think it is some sort of cheese knife?

http://www.surlatable.com/product/cutle ... ife+set.do

It kind of looks like something in that set.

I'm not really up on my utensils, though. I care more about whether or not it's clean enough than weather it's the right tool for the job...

[mgb1234]

Or it could be also a carpet or linoleum cutter,I am not much as a cook so I tend to view utensils as building tools,like using a sledgehammer as a meat tenderizer

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[wletson]

First thing that popped into my mind was something for leather, or scraping the hides, but can't find anything to justify that idea.

[YinzerMama]

Does the black case with the rose it is laying on have any connection to it or did you just lay it on that?

[hruf]

NO THE CASE DOES NOT HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH IT. IT WAS FOUND IN A CLOSET AT MY WORK WHICH IS A GENERAL CONTRACTOR. I THOUGHT IT WAS FOR WALL PAPER, SOMEONE THE IT WAS FOR VINYL FLOORING, SOMEONE THOUGHT IT WAS A PAINTER TOOL? THE CURVED END COMES TO A DOWN ALMOST TO LOOK LIKE A BLADE & IS SOMEWHAT SHARP THE "U" SHAPE SPOT IS NOT SHARP

[nanook]

all i know is my mother would tell not to run with that tool in my hand

[Don M]

I think it is an asphalt shingle or linoleum cutter as suggested. Don

[YinzerMama]

NO THE CASE DOES NOT HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH IT. IT WAS FOUND IN A CLOSET AT MY WORK WHICH IS A GENERAL CONTRACTOR.

I'm gonna assume that rules out cheese knife then. I know contractors eat but they probably tend to care even less about utensil niceties than I do... LOL

[KathyJB]

I'm gonna assume that rules out cheese knife then. I know contractors eat but they probably tend to care even less about utensil niceties than I do... LOL

lol, you are funny.