26 minutes ago, chromedome said:To me it looks like a carpet knife, which would certainly not be out of place in a hardware store. Perhaps it just got mis-placed in the kitchen section by the receivers?
My experience may be limited, but in my sixty plus years I've never seen a carpet knife come in a box marked TS Kitchenware. Also, people here don't have carpets, which limits the demand for carpet knives.
It's a kitchen knife!