no idea where to start with this one leather? bark? medical?

[skipskip]

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?



may016 by Skip Albright, on Flickr

[Papaw]

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

[amecks]

Shaving ice?

[oldgoaly]

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.

[john k]

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.