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Skin and muscle lifter uppers?

Sweet bread scoops, service for 6 with one piece missing.

One day you’re going to die — we all are. But no one will be selling off our estate and saying, what the hell were they into???

Offset spatulas for cupcake decorating!

With some grinding on concrete and a bit of tape wrapping the handle they’d make some nice prison shanks.

That should keep Uncle B. in his hole for awhile.

You could use them for painting. I don’t know what the technique is called, but I’m sure you do. Sure uses a lot of paint, though.

Looks like they’d make decent weeding tools. You could also drill holes in the business ends, add fishing line, wooden or metal dowels, plus a hook and chain to create a tinkly wind chime.

Well, those things will keep the lambs silent for sure….

these i cant help ya with….. they look like sealant spoons for spreading sealant in wing integral fuel tanks where the aircraft skin is actually the outside of the tank. gotta seal the rivets, seams, and all or it leaks. same with pressure bulkheads, windows or anywhere air inside may get outside…. careful grinding stainless… it gets waaaay hot.

Did anyone have Margot Kidder? She has died in her sleep. She was only 69 years old. RIP, Ms. Kidder.

Mrs. Compton is pretty much right; they are Hohmann retractors, they come in a variety of sizes and slightly different shapes, and are used to pull muscle and other tissue away from bone during procedures.

Full disclosure, as it is over 30 years since I was told by an attending to pull on one of these, I had to look up the spelling. Surgical instruments are fascinating in their variety (and some would give Torquemada bad ideas), there are things called “spoons”, but I knew a guy who used an actual stainless steel serving spoon because he found it perfect for gall bladder retraction.

Back to the Hohmanns – They are often bent into needed shapes, so that is something you can consider. They could be used in food prep or cooking – imagine, for instance, how easy it would be to stuff a pork chop with Uncle B (or vice versa) holding it apart with these. Personally, I have bent a cheap ass fork into a similar shape to fix some car interior trim. Anything you need to lift up, pull apart, or hold apart, but for which your hands are too big or you don’t want to get slobbed up with something, these are your ticket.

They would be great for mosaics. Grout clean-up, moving tesserae around without getting your fingers gunked up. I may look for a set on E-Bay. I’m using dental tools now, but, these look more substantial.

All you need now is some surgical saws.

So I wasn’t the only one – Janna thought grout too.
But obviously THESE are for putting the finishing touches on the grout in the trans continental military underground tunnels here in the US. They were bought at a cost of $200,00 per tool from the low bid contractor on the project.

Sheesh, anyone would know that.

As you can see, I’ve been talking to someone who I used to think was sane before I got on today… therefore really, Ima vote for Mrs. Compton and Dr. Muldoon.

And now, back to the study of hashing algorithms because I’ve run out of Internet.

Baby Hohmann and Baby Bennett retractors as Dr. Muldoon reports. Useful for lifting periosteum and muscle off of bone while you work on it. These are good for metacarpals and kid’s bones. They make full size versions for bigger bones. If you want the big version leave the “Baby” part out.