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I am trying to find a suitable title for a short video series I'm doing. There are two main subjects to this series. Let's say that these are knives and general cutlery , for the sake of this question – these aren't the actual subjects, but they do share a similar relationship between themselves. I'd like the title to suggest the existence of a narrative, or story, without being explicit.…

I am trying to find a suitable title for a short video series I'm doing. There are two main subjects to this series. Let's say that these are knives and general cutlery, for the sake of this question – these aren't the actual subjects, but they do share a similar relationship between themselves.

I'd like the title to suggest the existence of a narrative, or story, without being explicit. Additionally, I'd like the title to give a sense of old, historical.

For these reasons, I have been thinking about Of knives and cutlery. I think there are multiple examples in literature and art of this title form that starts with "Of". However, at the moment, I cannot recally any in English1. Further, I'm unsure about how this sounds. Would this title provide the suggestions I mentioned – notably, would it suggest narrative, and also give a sense of historical due to its old-fashoned form?


1 For example, being a native Italian, I can recall Beccaria's Dei Delitti e delle Pene. Normally, the preposition Dei would be translated as Of. However, this title is generally adapted to On Crime and Punishment. Being a treatise, I agree that On is more fitting in English, because I believe it suggests an analysis more than a narrative (in Italian, this would correspond to Sui delitti e sulle pene, equally fitting). My reasoning is that, in general, Of gives more sense of narration than analysis. Am I correct on this assumption?

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