not a new find, an old find, circa 2010. but easily the most frequently used and admired by us find. once on our save up so one day we can buy it list, we truly couldn't have been happier if we'd have found a pillar box red kitchen aid, new in its box for $15!
a roll of chef knives. zwilling j a henckels, solingen, germany. ominiously, one missing...
after brief speculation that the missing knife had been used in a bloody homicide, we settled on the rather more plausible theory, given our sleepy little town hasn't had a murder in 20 odd years, that the missing one had been left behind when the original owner (an 's. chapman' according to the engraving on one of the knives) hastily took off with his knife roll under his arm in a Gorden Ramsey-esk strop, that knife perhaps still perched in the trout he was descaling or somesuch when his cheffy integrity was challenged (before abandoning his roll and his whites at his lodgings, rent unpaid, and going bush.
anyway, they make food prep, and story making-up, a pleasure, even if we don't know what some of them are for!
what was your best-ever second hand find?
Op-Shop Show-Off is a linky, so do feel free to link up your latest or greatest find, i'd love to see it!
are you an Op-Shop Show-Off?
it’s charitable, green, cheap, exciting, fun, nostalgia inducing, potentially lucrative and often just plain necessary. whatever your reason for op-shopping we’d love it if you joined us on Tuesdays here at blackbirdhasspoken.blogspot.com for Op-Shop Show-Off day, a linky open to all, all week, to link up a blog post about any aspect of your second-hand shopping life.
tell us your op-shopping philosophy, or divulge your secret hunting techniques. let us know about your wants, or skite (English translation= “show-off “) about your amazing finds. review the best op-shopping spots in your town, or request or give information on your fascinating finds, you’ll always be talking to an appreciative audience here.
How to link up?
1. post your blog post.
2. link to Op-Shop Show-Off in your blog post, so your blog readers can come over
and peruse or post in the linky too
3. scroll to the bottom of my latest Tuesday Op-Shop Show-Off post and click on the
linky tool, then follow the 3 easy steps
4. don't forget to leave me a comment to let me know you linked up
5.. grab the Op-Shop Show-Off Button from my sidebar to decorate yours (paste the
code into a HTML gadget under the 'add a gadget' part of the layout section in
blogger and save)
How to link up?
1. post your blog post.
2. link to Op-Shop Show-Off in your blog post, so your blog readers can come over
and peruse or post in the linky too
3. scroll to the bottom of my latest Tuesday Op-Shop Show-Off post and click on the
linky tool, then follow the 3 easy steps
4. don't forget to leave me a comment to let me know you linked up
5.. grab the Op-Shop Show-Off Button from my sidebar to decorate yours (paste the
code into a HTML gadget under the 'add a gadget' part of the layout section in
blogger and save)
