Vintage game shears?

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Has anybody seen these? Does anybody know what the spike over the thumb hole is for?
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That ominous-looking spike is merely the bottle opener feature on an ordinary pair of kitchen scissors. Twist caps are still (beginning 30 years ago?) a recent phenomenon. The serrated inside edge is for gripping and turning glass jar lids.
 
One side reads "hot drop surgical Steel Italy"
The other side reads "570-s8 1/2

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What you have there is a pair of Hoffritz kitchen poultry shears. As mentioned by 300Six, the hook is the bottle opener. The serrated part in the middle can be used for opening jar lids, but is also listed as a nutcracker. The little extrusion on the end of the handle is a flat blade screwdriver / pry tool.

Kitchen shears - one of the original multitools.
 
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jc57 said:
What you have there is a pair of Hoffritz kitchen poultry shears. As mentioned by 300Six, the hook is the bottle opener. The serrated part in the middle can be used for opening jar lids, but is also listed as a nutcracker. The little extrusion on the end of the handle is a flat blade screwdriver / pry tool.

Kitchen shears - one of the original multitools.
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Do you (or does anyone) have tips on sharpening those type of poultry shears? I have an older italian pair, nearly identical in size and design, with one blade serrated and the other not.

I have an old crock stick set that does a decent job on my kitchen and pocket knives, along with a steel and an inexpensive strop. I also have an double sided whetstone the I inherited but never used; I can barely feel the difference between the two sides (both feel pretty smooth).

Any advice appreciated as I cut up a chicken every week
 
When I sharpen scissors, I use the medium rods from a Spyderco Sharpmaker. I hold the scissors open and generally stationary with one hand and hold the sharpmaker rod in the other hand, just going along the existing edge bevel.

Some kitchen shears can be taken apart at the pivot which makes it easier. The Sharpmaker rods are handy because they are flat, but fairly thin.
 
Thanks very much. I can't spring for the whole kit, but since you do it by hand, maybe it's worth it for me to buy one of these rods?

https://www.spyderco.com/catalog/category/sharpeners

(indeed my shears come apart - they are sitting disassembled now in a box, the screw and nut planning an escape...)
Making me think I should check out the crock stick website...
 
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