[Ansteorra] forks (was: Drinking from a bowl)
Coblaith Muimnech
Coblaith at sbcglobal.net
Tue Jun 9 15:28:49 PDT 2009
Grainne wrote:
> . . .forks came into use during our period. Can't remember when.
There's a pretty extensive exploration of the topic at <http://
robyyan.googlepages.com/fork>. The summation reads, "The persona
most likely to use a fork would be a rich, late period Italian, while
the least likely would be an early period Englishman (or Saxon, or
Briton). A poor persona would be very unlikely to use a fork at any
time in the SCA period. The richer, later period, and closer to Italy
a western European is, the more likely they are to use a fork at table."
Karen Larsdatter's compiled a list of links to examples of cutlery
from before the 17th century, including forks <http://
www.larsdatter.com/cutlery.htm>, so you can see what the real ones
look like. And Billy and Charlie <http://www.billyandcharlie.com/
misc.html> and Medieval Design <http://www.medievaldesign.com/eng-
prodotti.asp?form_chiave=25> both sell reproductions.
Coblaith Muimnech
Barony of Bryn Gwlad
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