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John McLeod VII Send message Joined: 15 Jul 99 Posts: 24806 Credit: 790,712 RAC: 0 |
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John McLeod VII Send message Joined: 15 Jul 99 Posts: 24806 Credit: 790,712 RAC: 0 |
Well it certainly looks like one of these similar to the one we had. Yes, but it isn't one of those. BOINC WIKI |
John McLeod VII Send message Joined: 15 Jul 99 Posts: 24806 Credit: 790,712 RAC: 0 |
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Carlos Send message Joined: 9 Jun 99 Posts: 29831 Credit: 57,275,487 RAC: 157 |
Here is a picture that looks like a pretty good match. Bena Casa makes one that looks a lot like the one you show and I have. It's also called a flying saucer press, a sandwich press, a campfire burger press, and a hobo pie maker. Here is one sold as a Campfire Hamburger Maker. |
John McLeod VII Send message Joined: 15 Jul 99 Posts: 24806 Credit: 790,712 RAC: 0 |
Here is a picture that looks like a pretty good match. Close enough. The one I saw was labeled as a hamburger press. BOINC WIKI |
Monday Send message Joined: 24 Sep 05 Posts: 9676 Credit: 20,067,888 RAC: 12 |
My mum had one of those and we called it a "jaffle iron". |
John McLeod VII Send message Joined: 15 Jul 99 Posts: 24806 Credit: 790,712 RAC: 0 |
My mum had one of those and we called it a "jaffle iron". Except the shape inside is wrong for waffles. BOINC WIKI |
Carlos Send message Joined: 9 Jun 99 Posts: 29831 Credit: 57,275,487 RAC: 157 |
Ok, I guess that means I win. So what is this old tool. |
Julie Send message Joined: 28 Oct 09 Posts: 34053 Credit: 18,883,157 RAC: 18 |
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Angela Send message Joined: 16 Oct 07 Posts: 13130 Credit: 39,854,104 RAC: 31 |
Hmmmmmmmmmmm.... it looks like a mezzaluna, which is a curved (half moon) knife typically used for mincing large piles of fresh herbs. |
Carlos Send message Joined: 9 Jun 99 Posts: 29831 Credit: 57,275,487 RAC: 157 |
Well it's not made for cutting cheese but it does. I guess any cutting tool does and no not a mezzaluna. I don't know the exact scale but it at least 14" across. |
Monday Send message Joined: 24 Sep 05 Posts: 9676 Credit: 20,067,888 RAC: 12 |
"We have ways of making you talk" tool. |
Carlos Send message Joined: 9 Jun 99 Posts: 29831 Credit: 57,275,487 RAC: 157 |
"We have ways of making you talk" tool. Another potential use, but not it's intended one. |
John McLeod VII Send message Joined: 15 Jul 99 Posts: 24806 Credit: 790,712 RAC: 0 |
It looks like it is a part of a larger whole. It looks like the blade from a paper cutter. Perhaps it is for slicing meat? BOINC WIKI |
Carlos Send message Joined: 9 Jun 99 Posts: 29831 Credit: 57,275,487 RAC: 157 |
It looks like it is a part of a larger whole. It looks like the blade from a paper cutter. Perhaps it is for slicing meat? It's all there. It will slice meat, but that's not really it's intended purpose. |
Carlos Send message Joined: 9 Jun 99 Posts: 29831 Credit: 57,275,487 RAC: 157 |
We have a winner!!! I did say it cuts cheese and that it cuts meat both of those are usually on Pizza! The place where I got the picture did not call it a Mezzaluna. They called it a Pizza Cutter. Angela threw me off when she used the term as a knife for chopping herbs. If she had said Mezzaluna alone I would have looked up the term and she would probably be the winner, but since she added her own definition which limited the term to an herb cutter... I have to award it to you. If the hole isn't a pivot, then it must be for hanging it on a nail. |
Angela Send message Joined: 16 Oct 07 Posts: 13130 Credit: 39,854,104 RAC: 31 |
No, I agree with Carlos. I had never seen such a big mezzaluna before and so I was quite mystified by its use. Clearly the mezzaluna Carlos posted was never intended for piles of fresh herbs. It makes far more sense to use something that massive to cut pizzas. You have won fair and square Chris! I look forward to guessing your picture. |
Julie Send message Joined: 28 Oct 09 Posts: 34053 Credit: 18,883,157 RAC: 18 |
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Carlos Send message Joined: 9 Jun 99 Posts: 29831 Credit: 57,275,487 RAC: 157 |
An ice pick for moose. |
John McLeod VII Send message Joined: 15 Jul 99 Posts: 24806 Credit: 790,712 RAC: 0 |
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