4 minutes agoHere's when the table knife was created
Periskopi(5 years ago)
(5 years ago)Cardinal Richelieu over 384 years ago, just May 13, 1637, in France, created the table knife to remove the disgusting habit of extracting toothed food. For a time, in 1669, French King Louis XIV banned the use of a knife as a way to reduce cases of inflammatory violence [...]
For a time, in 1669, French King Louis XIV banned the use of a knife as a way to reduce cases of violence triggered by the debates during mealtimes.
The use of the knife at the bread table then gave rise to the need for a fork while people began to become more civilized or polite.
