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Does anyone know why Gerber calls their steak and carving knives "miming"?:jerkit: What does it mean?
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Gerber Miming Knives
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Duh and/or Hello....
In Norse mythology, Miming was a forest-dwelling troll, the son of Hothbrod and foster son of Gevar. In a Teutonic version of the myth of the death of Balder, Miming's sword is the weapon that Hodur uses to slay Balder; here, Hodur is not blind but is instead a physically potent figure. Miming's sword was said to have been forged by Weyland, the god of smithing, for his son Heime.
Seriously....I haven't the slightest.
In Norse mythology, Miming was a forest-dwelling troll, the son of Hothbrod and foster son of Gevar. In a Teutonic version of the myth of the death of Balder, Miming's sword is the weapon that Hodur uses to slay Balder; here, Hodur is not blind but is instead a physically potent figure. Miming's sword was said to have been forged by Weyland, the god of smithing, for his son Heime.
Seriously....I haven't the slightest.
Actually, I think you hit the answer.
http://books.google.com/books?id=E6...epage&q=gerber miming designer -mining&f=true
I can't copy and paste the relevant paragraph, but apparently, after WWII ended in 1945, the Gerbers got back into the knife business, and Francis "Ham" Gerber took to naming knives after legendary blades: Excalibur, Balmung, Joyeuse and Miming for the steak knives. The Miming name may have stuck since the design is featured in the Museum of Modern Art.
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Thank you. I wondered why their carving cutlery had such names as Balmung. I appreciate the response.
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I have the butcher's steel from the set--it's called Gungnir after the spear of Odin. Funny, too, as that's what my license plate reads. I'm a fan of Norse mythology, and was looking for a good fine steel to use in the kitchen. Stumbled across that steel new in the box at an antique store (papers and everything), looked at the name, and knew it was meant to be. 
Well that was nothing but sheer dumb luck on my part.
They name their steak knives after legendary blades? That's odd.
"I shall now devour my pork chop with mighty Exaclibur! Sumbit to my mighty steel yon pork chop!....Honey?!? Where is my 'Fork of Valhalla'?!?"
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I know this is an older thread, but I was looking for information on these knives and came across this, which is from some Gerber literature circa 1950.
"Miming (mee' ming) was a sword of which the master smith was so proud that he named it after himself, as his own son. Miming the smith was tutor not only to Siegfried but to Volund, or Wayland the smith, also noted for forging miraculous blades. It was Miming with his namesake sword who defeated the rival smith Amilias in the famous contest of the irresistible blade versus the impenetrable armor. Amilias in his armor was sliced neatly in two, but was unaware of the fact until rising to walk. This is the earliest known version of the jes' wobble yo' haid story."
"Miming (mee' ming) was a sword of which the master smith was so proud that he named it after himself, as his own son. Miming the smith was tutor not only to Siegfried but to Volund, or Wayland the smith, also noted for forging miraculous blades. It was Miming with his namesake sword who defeated the rival smith Amilias in the famous contest of the irresistible blade versus the impenetrable armor. Amilias in his armor was sliced neatly in two, but was unaware of the fact until rising to walk. This is the earliest known version of the jes' wobble yo' haid story."