Thanks to everyone for their suggestions. There is no immediate need
for this particular part so we'll just use scissors for the time
being. We will continue to check on eBay, however, especially if any
other parts on our Foodsaver stop working.

Mrs. Smith
Central Point, Oregon

On Sun, 16 Dec 2012 09:51:58 -0800, Linda >
wrote:

>Good morning. I'm not certain that this is the appropriate place for
>this post so if someone has a better option, please let me know.
>
>The cutting blade on our Foodsaver Professional II is so dull that it
>no longer cuts the bags. I asked Foodsaver for a part number for this
>particular blade, but they advised that this part is no longer
>available.
>
>I did find a "hack" for replacing the blade, but I really don't want
>to work with single-edge razor blades (and the attendant cut fingers
>and hands).
>
>Does anyone have an old Foodsaver Professional II that still has a
>working cutting blade that they'd be willing to sell to us?
>
>My husband does a lot of fishing and hunting (and our friends share
>their fish and meat with us in exchange for veggies from our abundant
>garden).
>
>Thank you.
>
>Mrs. Smith
>Central Point, Oregon