Featured Cutter and Metal Restoration Qs

Online this is variously described as a cheese cutter and a vegetable chopper. Which is it?

Also, any advice for a quick(er) way to restore / treat deteriorated metal? I have a 4' saw whose blade needs attention too.

Thanks folks.



Here's that saw:

 

I also found herb chopper and dough cutter.
So definitely a cutting or chopping utensil.

 

nice saw !!!!

 

Thanks! Lots of logging history up here in the Pacific Northwest. Some people actually use vintage and antique hand tools, but far more common is people collect them as decor.

 

that puppy will get at a Christmas tree..... no problem!!

 

where's the @the blacksmith at ??

 

those should be added to my Blades thread !!!!!!

 

Ballistol is a mineral oil gun cleaning product. I'd use it with a bronze wire brush. This will clean the surface without damaging the patina. On areas of rust that are raised, you can burnish a small area with an old copper penny, also without damaging the surface. The Ballistol will be good on the wooden handle also, without discoloring it.

 

Thanks for the advice Frank and Davey.

 

Bench scraper, probably. It's similar to the one I use. They can be used to cut bread dough into pieces for separate loaves, braiding, etc. It's good old high-carbon steel, aka the good stuff, and is supposed to discolor like that. I'd' hit it with some light olive oil and otherwise leave it alone.

 

The one thing I think it isn't is a cheese cutter. More of an all-purpose kitchen chopper, I would say.

 

Thanks for the identification help Evely and Bronwen.

It was in with a bunch of hand tools (ie. saws, screwdrivers, etc) but looked much culinary to me.

 

(Meant to say thanks earlier to AJ for researching too.)

 

Will do! Gonna try a restoring strategy first. Then I'll put em (and another one I have ) on there.

 

Immediate thoughts were herb chopper though that's already been said. As for quick restoration, would red oxide help? Once the iron oxide has pitted the metal though, it requires hard graft. Brings back memories of my dad's friends renovating a Nash metropolitan car in the 1990s. It was rust ridden and they just used elbow grease and sand paper for what seemed like months. Right down to the metal and beyond all over the vehicle, before having it resprayed. I often thought that It might just be as thin as a rizzla. It was worth the effort though

 

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I have never before seen a saw with teeth like those. (Looks like they need orthodontia.) What is their particular use? And how in heck would you ever sharpen one?

 

They're both called 'cross cut" saws, and they're for 'bucking' logs-- for cutting perpendicular to the grain, and chopping up larger logs / trunks into smaller, splittable-with-an-axe sizes.

I once found a two-handled cross cut saw, the kind that would be used with one person on each side. Blade was maybe 8' as I recall. I got it at a rummage sale on my bicycle, maybe $5. I tied it wide-ways across the rack on the back of my bike, teeth forward, and tried not to cut any corners (or pedestrians!) too short on the ride home.

 

Ah, thank you. I have had heard the term 'cross cut saw' but seems I only see rip saws. Have one that belonged to my dad hanging on the wall. He had another very like it that had belonged to his grandfather. When my dad passed I gave that one to my uncle, his brother, who just passed in November at the age of 101.