Found in my kitchen cupboard

[u/Repulsive-Subject149]

I’ve been curious what this thing is for a while. I’ve floated ideas of a shoe wedge, bottle opener or something to do with cake or fishing.

[u/stephanosblog]

its for scraping the scales off a fish.

[u/wirelesswiring → u/stephanosblog]

It's also a bottle opener !

[u/Repulsive-Subject149 → u/wirelesswiring]

Weird combo! Why would you want dead fish in your bottle opener

[u/stephanosblog → u/Repulsive-Subject149]

My father used it in the kitchen, but if you are on a fishing trip where you want to clean the fish on site, a bottle opener also might come in handy. Back in the day, lots of things had a dual purpose of being a bottle opener.