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What's-It Forum => What's-It Forum => Topic started by: skipskip on May 03, 2018, 08:54:02 PM

Title: no idea where to start with this one leather? bark? medical?
Post by: skipskip on May 03, 2018, 08:54:02 PM

about 20 inches overall  blade is 6 1/2 wide.

wood handle is curved like a breast drill handle

leather cutter? nope too dull

de-bark? nope wrong shape

medical? hope not


any ideas?



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Title: Re: no idea where to start with this one leather? bark? medical?
Post by: Papaw on May 03, 2018, 09:11:50 PM

Looks like a vintage vegetable chopper, but I haven't seen one with a breast rest.

Title: Re: no idea where to start with this one leather? bark? medical?
Post by: amecks on May 04, 2018, 06:59:55 AM

Shaving ice?

Title: Re: no idea where to start with this one leather? bark? medical?
Post by: oldgoaly on May 04, 2018, 07:19:15 AM

The lower / cutter section looks a lot like a tool we have somewhere for digging clearing for clay tiles. Does the handle hinge? or is it fixed. 6 1/2" wide would be the right size for a common 4" tile. I haven't used it in a few years, bobcat with a backhoe attachment is what we use now, 65' of gray water radials, 175' of septic radials, and 45' of kitchen radials.

Title: Re: no idea where to start with this one leather? bark? medical?
Post by: john k on May 04, 2018, 01:36:41 PM

I can see it being used to shave ice from a large block, from the looks of the handle, 100 years ago at a soda stand.