When one curious Redditor stumbled upon a mysterious metal object in their grandmother’s kitchen drawer, they had no idea they were about to spark a viral guessing game.
The photo of the oddly shaped, slightly menacing kitchen tool—resembling something between a multitool and a medieval weapon—sent online sleuths into a frenzy. “Found this while cleaning out grandma’s place,” the poster wrote. “No clue what it is, but it was in the kitchen. Maybe a can opener? Some kind of utility tool?”
Within hours, hundreds of comments flooded in. Some users confidently identified it as a vintage can opener from the 19th or early 20th century, while others threw in more imaginative guesses—everything from a fishing aid to an old-school camping multitool.