Who will be the first to know what this is?

[Mike Buckley]

Maybe I'm wrong, but I don't think most people are going to know what this is. I certainly never heard of one or saw one until a few weeks ago. Do you know what it is?

[Sergio M.]

Is there any award for being the first to say, "I don't know"?

Sergio

[Wavelength]

Is that a single unit? or detachable?

[Digital]

Is it some type of cooking utensil?



Bruce

[Mike Buckley]

It's a cooking utensil and it's a single unit. What is the utensil?

[Wavelength]

Bread toaster ?

[Mike Buckley]

Not a bread toaster.

[ShaneS]

I'll go out on a limb on this one and guess that it is to be used for flipping things that are not so stable like fish - sort of a combination spatula and tong in one unit. Of course this is assuming that the silicone and metal pieces are part of one unit.

Nice graphic image BTW

[Mike Buckley]

Ding, Ding, Ding! Shane wins the contest that has no award. She guessed it exactly -- fish spatula.

I actually bought two of them during my trip to South Africa, one for me and one for my brother-in-law. It works so well that I have bought another one as a Christmas present for a friend.

The photo displays it in the closed position. When the end of the handle is pushed in, the parts that are displayed here open up, leaving room to slide the red part under the fish. The metal part then closes down on the fish so you can flip it without having even the lightest white fish fall apart. It works like a charm!

[ajohnw]

Maybe a strange boiled egg etc scooper? Sort of logical the rubber would catch the drips maybe and bends when full of water Reckon I can live without it.

John
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[ShaneS]

Mike, the things other than photography that helps me to spend my hard earned money are my cooking and crafting hobbies. My husband knows that is is safe to drop me at the mall but always hesitates if a craft store or one that sells kitchen gadgets and tools is on my itinerary - generally not good from a time or money standpoint

I don't own one of these gadgets though...

[Mito]

Knew it wasn't a cork screw

[FootLoose]

Damn, I wish I had had one of those a few months back when I lost my sanity and took my doctor's advice to eat more fish!

[Nancy Moran G]

It's a ploy by Mike, do NOT listen..it is part of the Matrix, you just gave the mother ship more power by thinking of the answer!
HE is from D.C. After all..
Ok, as a person who uses my pliers to crack lobster and crab shell, 'I know nothing!"
Nancy

[Mike Buckley]

Though all of you folks are just too darn funny, the following from Brian really takes the cake:

Knew it wasn't a cork screw

If I had seen his comment before I had divulged the true identity of the item, I would have lied and sworn to everyone to my last dying day that indeed it is a cork screw.