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Lynn from Fargo Ografmorffig Lynn from Fargo Ografmorffig is offline
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Default Slicer, But For What ???

On Feb 23, 3:46*pm, Mark Thorson > wrote:
> It's a slicer for something, and certainly old,
> but for what?
>
> http://cgi.ebay.com/_W0QQitemZ400032413691
>
> If it's for pasta, the pasta would already have
> to be cut into wide strips before using this to
> cut it into narrow strips. *What would be the
> point of that? *If you already have the knife
> in your hand, why not keep cutting and forget
> about using this machine?
>
> It could be for cutting some other material
> into strips, a material that occurs naturally
> in wide strips. *Like maybe slitting bark or
> something for weaving into baskets.


Leather - to make laces/strips for sewing punched leather?
How about splitting fabric for hooking rugs (NOT "latch" hook)
Lynn in Fargo