Secundus_Scipio

Secundus_Scipio OP t1_jdz14vc wrote

Reply to comment by alarming_cock in My first potato peeler (Sparschäler) I got this Sparschäler 10 years ago already used by my grand mother. It is still a mass product and you can buy it for round about 5 USD. But this one is made in West Germany so at least 33 years old and almost daily in use. by Secundus_Scipio

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=g437C-2CXrg

Hope the link works. Its in German but this model is used at min 0:28.

The knife at the back is for cutting out bad spots.

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Secundus_Scipio OP t1_jdwrpdu wrote

Reply to comment by JALKHRL in My first potato peeler (Sparschäler) I got this Sparschäler 10 years ago already used by my grand mother. It is still a mass product and you can buy it for round about 5 USD. But this one is made in West Germany so at least 33 years old and almost daily in use. by Secundus_Scipio

If you look for a similar design look for westmark famos. It is also made in Germany and westmark (brand) claims that the peeler „famos“ is the original. On my peeler I cannot find the brand.

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Secundus_Scipio OP t1_jdvwp5x wrote

Reply to comment by Krazy_Kitchen in My first potato peeler (Sparschäler) I got this Sparschäler 10 years ago already used by my grand mother. It is still a mass product and you can buy it for round about 5 USD. But this one is made in West Germany so at least 33 years old and almost daily in use. by Secundus_Scipio

I never used it in that case. For this I have a different ancient tool.

I use the short blade to remove bad spots on potatoes and apples.

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Secundus_Scipio OP t1_jdvvx0p wrote

Reply to comment by halterwalther in My first potato peeler (Sparschäler) I got this Sparschäler 10 years ago already used by my grand mother. It is still a mass product and you can buy it for round about 5 USD. But this one is made in West Germany so at least 33 years old and almost daily in use. by Secundus_Scipio

I don‘t know why, but for me its still relatively sharp. My roommates during university had new ones and there was no big difference. At least not that big that I thought about a replacement.

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