What is this slicing (?) tool?

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I saw this tool at a yard sale today. It appears to be some sort of slicing or cutting device.

The construction however seemed fairly lightweight, I couldn't picture putting something dense, heavy, etc. through it.

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Best Answer

That tool is indeed a slicer for cutting cabbage in preparation for fermenting it in a large pottery crock for sauerkraut. My mother used one very similar to make a five gallon and a ten gallon of crock full of sauerkraut every year back in the 50's and 60's.




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Quick Answer about "What is this slicing (?) tool?"

The slice tool slices the whole Photoshop document into various slices. It helps users to slice up a big image or artwork into smaller sections that fit together like a jigsaw(but they all have straight edges). Or in other words, the slice tool helps to extract a slice of the image without cutting or cropping it.



✔ How To Use Slice Tool In Photoshop | Slice Select Tool | Part 1 | Photoshop Tutorial | Artma




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Answer 2

Phil is right, it is for slicing vegetables. Specifically it is a mandoline. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandoline

Answer 3

It looks like a vegetable slicer

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