Trousse/tool set mystery

Montino Bourbon · 27th April 2008, 04:44 AM

Perhaps a nose picker?

josh stout · 3rd May 2008, 04:54 AM

I have a similar Chinese utility knife with a set of similar looking tweezers but no file. I was told the tweezers were for pulling out beard hairs, but I am not sure how reliable that story was. I have never seen the file included. I presume it was for sharpening.
Josh

Yannis · 3rd May 2008, 11:24 AM

Do the pieces fit exact in the scabbard? If not it is most possible they are not the original pieces of trousse.
Few days ago I saw a trousse with unrelative pieces

David · 3rd May 2008, 12:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by josh stout

I have a similar Chinese utility knife with a set of similar looking tweezers but no file. I was told the tweezers were for pulling out beard hairs, but I am not sure how reliable that story was. I have never seen the file included. I presume it was for sharpening.
Josh

Is that a file? It looks more like a chisel. I don't see any rough surface for filing on the sides.

kronckew · 3rd May 2008, 04:23 PM

closest thing i've noted was a set for picking up pearls & other beads

Nagawarrior · 3rd May 2008, 11:04 PM

Hummm.
Maybe it's a oyster eating trousse. The chisel to open the thing, the knife to cut out the oyster meat and the tweezers to pick up any pearls left over.

ariel · 3rd May 2008, 11:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nagawarrior

Hummm.
Maybe it's a oyster eating trousse. The chisel to open the thing, the knife to cut out the oyster meat and the tweezers to pick up any pearls left over.

And where is the lemon squeezer?

27th April 2008, 04:44 AM	#1
Montino Bourbon Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Santa Barbara, California Posts: 301	It is rather small.... Perhaps a nose picker?

3rd May 2008, 04:54 AM	#2
josh stout Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 407	I have a similar Chinese utility knife with a set of similar looking tweezers but no file. I was told the tweezers were for pulling out beard hairs, but I am not sure how reliable that story was. I have never seen the file included. I presume it was for sharpening. Josh

3rd May 2008, 11:24 AM	#3
Yannis Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Athens Greece Posts: 479	Do the pieces fit exact in the scabbard? If not it is most possible they are not the original pieces of trousse. Few days ago I saw a trousse with unrelative pieces

3rd May 2008, 04:23 PM	#5
kronckew Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Room 101, Glos. UK Posts: 4,239	closest thing i've noted was a set for picking up pearls & other beads

3rd May 2008, 11:04 PM	#6
Nagawarrior Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Inland Empire, Southern California USA Posts: 160	Hummm. Maybe it's a oyster eating trousse. The chisel to open the thing, the knife to cut out the oyster meat and the tweezers to pick up any pearls left over.