What's this?

[Yorky]

Steel, aluminum, or other metal or composite?

I believe that the metal part is stainless steel.

 

[medtran49]

Magnetic knife holder

 

[Yorky]

Magnetic knife holder

No.

 

[Morning Glory]

Edges are rubber?

 

[Yorky]

Edges are rubber?

Not quite.

 

[Morning Glory]

Not quite.

Plastic?

 

[Yorky]

Plastic?

Silicone.

 

[buckytom]

A trivet of some kind?

 

[Yorky]

A trivet of some kind?

Yes. I realise that there are hundreds of different designs and materials from which they are made but this is mine.

 

[buckytom]

That sounds like the Rifleman's Creed:

View: https://youtu.be/Hgd2F2QNfEE

 

[buckytom]

Ok, what's this?

 

[Yorky]

Is it damaged?

 

[buckytom]

Yes and no. It is intentional.

 

[Yorky]

So it's removing a sacrificial covering to access or remove what is underneath?

 

[buckytom]

No. It is not a covering. The grey/granite looking center is just what's on the other side.