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cwent2
September 6th, 2013, 09:12 PM
Thought different letter openers would be interesting - this is one my Mom used

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jbb
September 7th, 2013, 08:23 AM
Nice!

cwent2
September 7th, 2013, 09:54 AM
Nice!
thanks, it wooden and appears hand painted

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jar
September 7th, 2013, 10:02 AM
Look underneath the bird and see if it's signed?

cwent2
September 7th, 2013, 10:06 AM
Look underneath the bird and see if it's signed?

no markings on the bird at all - the very bottom of the bird, or the base if you will is unpainted wood

OakIris
September 11th, 2013, 08:28 AM
That is a very nice letter opener, cwent. You said your mother used it...do you use it as well?

I don't get many letters - I don't write them either so I can't complain - but I now use my mother's letter opener to open up my bills and such. My mother was a great letter writer and used it for years to open letters and notes from her friends and colleagues; she probably bought the letter opener when she lived in New York in the late 1940's. The handle is sterling silver; the letter opener was made by the Danish silversmith company, Georg Jensen.

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Should you be interested, here is an earlier thread on letter openers that contains more information about my letter opener - thanks to BikerBabe. More importantly, it contains photos of some other very nice letter openers owned by fellow-FPGeeks: Letter openers (https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-T4wBmJ8lbNo/UXrAmJUBnzI/AAAAAAAAAsM/w6yRuF-ATEQ/s640/IMG_0902.JPG) :)

Holly

cwent2
September 11th, 2013, 10:15 AM
That is a very nice letter opener, cwent. You said your mother used it...do you use it as well?

Thank you, yes I use it - it has a prominent place on my desk at home, right next to the pen case I received from Tracy Lee.

And sorry, I did not realize there was a thread already on this subject. That is some letter opener you have as well - very nice!

I like mango pudding
September 11th, 2013, 04:48 PM
that's cute!!!

I used to have one similar to that, but it was some sort of tropical bird and probably not much of a collectors item. Picked it up in my travels through SE Asia. I have some carved wooden ducks that are signed by local artists here.

KrazyIvan
September 12th, 2013, 08:29 AM
That is very cool Carl. I need to get myself a nicer letter opener. I have a cheap office letter opener that bends at the slightest touch.

OakIris
September 12th, 2013, 08:57 AM
That is a very nice letter opener, cwent. You said your mother used it...do you use it as well?

Thank you, yes I use it - it has a prominent place on my desk at home, right next to the pen case I received from Tracy Lee.

And sorry, I did not realize there was a thread already on this subject. That is some letter opener you have as well - very nice!

Very cool! (Hey, I see you live in RI - my letter opener was in Rhode Island for many years. I grew up in Cumberland.... :p)

No worries about starting a second Letter opener thread; it was time for a new one!

Holly