Is this a drawknife? *LINK*

Re: Is this a drawknife?

Skip in Falls Church

>Hi Todd,

I think it's a kitchen tool for chopping vegetables and the like.

Skip

Re: Is this a drawknife?

wayne anderson

>I think it may be a leather knife, or possibly an early vegamatic (herb chopper) ;^)

wayne

Re: Is this a drawknife?

Todd O. Cronkhite Maine Native in FL. Exile :~(

>Yeah, I thought that or perhaps a scraper fr getting the last small bits off of freshly skinned hides, ot perhaps a tobacco cutter/dicer which would go hand-in-hand with a kitchen chopper. Thought it looked to thin to be some type of speciality drawknife.

Todd O.

For Sure a Food Chopper

Todd Hughes

>No doubt what so ever! I see these all the time with some having kind of fancy handles. Smaller ones will have a single handle , either a central knob or a one piece handle conected on both ends. Ocassionaly you will see them with double blades.Blade is curved so you can use it with a rocking motion and i have been told by cooks so you can chop stuff up in bowls. Some of the fancier ones can sell pretty well and I imagine if this slowhead ebay seller had listed this one correctly it would have gone for more

.... Leather working "Head" knives have a curved blade which is more curved then this and different shaped handles. Never this large and never with 2 handles....Sure would be interesting to watch some one do some wood working with this drawknife!...Todd

Re: For Sure a Food Chopper

Todd O. Cronkhite Maine Native in FL. Exile :~(

>Well than, that nails it. I didn't think it was a drawknife, but than again I was thinking that perhaps the picture might be deceiving me.

Guess I should of went for it anyhow as it only got one bidder. For $9.50 it sounds like redneckjc got a real bargain.

Todd O.

Yes to cutting in a bowl

Bill Houghton, Sebastopol, CA

>My wife, who's familiar with these (although the single handle type), has confirmed for me before that they're designed to work in a bowl.

Re: "Hachoir" in french

paul womack

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Kitchen Tool - Like This one? *LINK*

Greg Bétit, Vergennes, VT

>Read the description on this one:


"Great item for the cook, gourmet, or collector."

Cutting bacon

Bill Houghton, Sebastopol, CA

>That's for taking strips of bacon off of cured hog bellies, of course, Greg.

Actually, I'm reminded of the Greek gyros stand at the accordion festival this year. The lamb was some kind of slab on a post from which the cook peeled strips with a knife; could have used this tool for the job too, except it would have slowed him down. Great sinfully tasty dinner.

Maybe we need to get these two sellers together...or the two buyers...

Re: Is this a drawknife?

Kevin F, New Zealand

>It's a mezzaluna - probably means "half-moon" - and is great for chopping up herbs etc. I use it on a flat breadboard, and you can wobble it back and forth and get many strokes in a short time - you can also easily change the orientation of the blade as you go, so the stuff gets chopped in all directions.

Cheers

Kevin