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Related: About this forumCan anyone identify this tool please?
I just found it on the street when walking the dog. 🙂
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Can anyone identify this tool please? (Original Post)
Croney
Apr 2024
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Mister Ed
(6,352 posts)1. Apple peeler? n/t
viva la
(3,775 posts)9. I thought that too.
Where is the blade to peel though?
I had one of these, but I could never get it to work efficiently. Gave it away to a friend who used it no problem. I am the problem.
usonian
(13,836 posts)13. The little loop with the wing nut does the peeling (you can't see the blade in this shot)
and the loop at the left side does the coring.
I found this, no doubt at a thrift store. From Starfrit.
All plastic, with visible gears. A mechanical marvel.
Shown with blade guard in place.
viva la
(3,775 posts)15. That's pretty sleek.
MOMFUDSKI
(7,080 posts)2. Apple peeler. I have one and love it.
Give it a try. Check for a YouTube video on it
eppur_se_muova
(37,403 posts)3. Apple/Potato peeler/corer ??
https://www.amazon.com/Apple-Peeler-Corer-Cucina-Pro/dp/B0000DZ16W
Parts labeled in the gif at that site.
Parts labeled in the gif at that site.
dhol82
(9,440 posts)4. Looks like a hand cranked apple corer.
LoisB
(8,666 posts)5. Apple/potato peeler?
Croney
(4,924 posts)6. Thank you all!!!
Think. Again.
(17,983 posts)7. Don't know but GREAT FIND!
sop
(11,198 posts)8. https://www.williams-sonoma.com/products/old-fashioned-apple-peeler-and-corer/
Sanity Claws
(22,038 posts)10. All that to peel an apple?
I'm kind of disappointed.
yorkster
(2,414 posts)11. It's the Rube Goldberg apple peeler..
Srkdqltr
(7,661 posts)12. I have one, its a pain to bring out for 1 apple.
nilram
(2,979 posts)14. My mom used one when making a bunch of pies.
Would probably be worth it for even one or two pies.
Srkdqltr
(7,661 posts)18. Absolutly
4dog
(520 posts)16. Once saw a photo of a collection of old apple peelers
of this general principle. Easily dozens, all different. Probably late 19th to early 20th century.
twodogsbarking
(12,228 posts)17. Just a hunch but it might be an apple peeler.