"Picked this up from the boot fair. I had originally thought that itmight be a tea strainer of sorts but the receptacle beneath the ‘tea strainer’ bit doesn’t appear to be ideal for emptying as it doesn’t have a lip. The handle is made from wood and the rest seems to be made of brass?"
A: "Tea strainer. While you’re pouring your tea through it you have it rotated so that the base is out to the side – the tea should go straight from the pot, through the strainer bit, and into your cup. The base is there so that once you’re finished you rotate it back under the strainer and it catches any drips"
This. Learning to sharpen your knife by hand is not easy at first, but it's worth it.
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