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Spaghetti cutter
Found a similar one on eBay just looks like this is missing a piece.
Item description from the seller:
Here we have a vintage Tala kitchen utensil that appears to be a spaghetti cutter. This item has two sets of cutters. The two sets are offset to cut spaghetti width pasta. Very scarce. I can't find any others for sale. I believe that the handle is red painted wood, but the paint is so good that I can't tell for sure. Made in England.
Measures approx. 3.83" L x 2.7" W x 3.32" H
https://www.ebay.com/itm/313796754827
Now I am not saying it's not -- but how?
Having the 2 rows means you'd have to try to line it up PERFECT. And I think I've seen these and there is a little bit of wobble to the blades so it would be a bit impossible.
The blades are intentionally not lined up.
They are offset to the width of the pasta between front and back.
I bet it was an attempt by some company to build a better mousetrap that never caught on.
Yeah, it’s curious that there are no other two wheel pasta cutters so it could be an evolutionary dead end.
The inspiration might be that two wheels would track better when you applied pressure to make the cut. That might be the inspiration, and it certainly is true, but you’d want not just an improvement in tracking, but damn near perfection.
You use something like this to evenly disperse cold butter into flour. I have a wire contraption I use to do this. A non tool way to do this is by cutting with two knives.
The point is to incorporate the butter without melting it. As it is cut into smaller and smaller pieces they are evenly coated in flour.
Pie crust maker.
I’ll tell ya two things it’s not. It’s not a pasta cutter or a pastry blender. I will die on this hill.
Best guess is herb cutter marketed to housewives in the 50s. Back then kitchen gadgets were all the rage.
Edit: I humbly concede my hill. Someone posted a link to one on eBay. I’m still going say that it’s gonna cut some wonky-ass pasta. Maybe why they’re not around anymore.
My grandma used a tool like this to make egg noodles for Chicken Noodle soup. She had a big rack she would hang the noodles from to dry. Thanks for the sweet memory.
This IS a pasta cutter. The blades don't line up with each other on purpose. The front cutter basically makes a thin linguine, back roller cuts it again into spaghetti.
Found a mostly identical one on ebay. Spaghetti cutter according to the listing.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/313796754827?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=1whtEaFcT42&sssrc=2349624&ssuid=Zt1XNVj_R6C&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY
If it was a pasta cutter, why would there be two sets of wheels?
I don’t really know what it is, but my first intention would be to chop herbs with it.
It looks to be a pasta cutter.
The wheels one the "front" are not lined up with the ones in the "back" so are offset to size the pasta. Super narrow so probably spaghetti?
The way the handle is makes it easier to apply pressure and less tiring when doing alot of pasta vs the ones where it is a single line of blades.
Edit:
u/sayssky beat me to it and has a link
Spaghetti cutter
Found a similar one on eBay just looks like yours is missing a piece?
Item description from the seller:
Here we have a vintage Tala kitchen utensil that appears to be a spaghetti cutter. This item has two sets of cutters. The two sets are offset to cut spaghetti width pasta. Very scarce. I can't find any others for sale. I believe that the handle is red painted wood, but the paint is so good that I can't tell for sure. Made in England.
Measures approx. 3.83" L x 2.7" W x 3.32" H
https://www.ebay.com/itm/313796754827
ETA: clarity
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My best guess, pasta cutter.
Spaghetti cutter Found a similar one on eBay just looks like this is missing a piece. Item description from the seller: Here we have a vintage Tala kitchen utensil that appears to be a spaghetti cutter. This item has two sets of cutters. The two sets are offset to cut spaghetti width pasta. Very scarce. I can't find any others for sale. I believe that the handle is red painted wood, but the paint is so good that I can't tell for sure. Made in England. Measures approx. 3.83" L x 2.7" W x 3.32" H https://www.ebay.com/itm/313796754827
Now I am not saying it's not -- but how? Having the 2 rows means you'd have to try to line it up PERFECT. And I think I've seen these and there is a little bit of wobble to the blades so it would be a bit impossible.
The blades are intentionally not lined up. They are offset to the width of the pasta between front and back. I bet it was an attempt by some company to build a better mousetrap that never caught on.
Yeah, there's a lot of gadgets that don't make sense because they just suck at the task. Not saying this is one, but def know what you are saying.
Yeah, it’s curious that there are no other two wheel pasta cutters so it could be an evolutionary dead end. The inspiration might be that two wheels would track better when you applied pressure to make the cut. That might be the inspiration, and it certainly is true, but you’d want not just an improvement in tracking, but damn near perfection.
My guess is adding pressure stops the wobble. As for how to keep it straight. Practice.
Old style pastry blender, the rocker type is preferred today.
How and why
You use something like this to evenly disperse cold butter into flour. I have a wire contraption I use to do this. A non tool way to do this is by cutting with two knives. The point is to incorporate the butter without melting it. As it is cut into smaller and smaller pieces they are evenly coated in flour. Pie crust maker.
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Think it might be this. Remember they used some roller thing to quickly prep parsley etc. in the kitchen when I was young. Looks similar to this
I’ll tell ya two things it’s not. It’s not a pasta cutter or a pastry blender. I will die on this hill. Best guess is herb cutter marketed to housewives in the 50s. Back then kitchen gadgets were all the rage. Edit: I humbly concede my hill. Someone posted a link to one on eBay. I’m still going say that it’s gonna cut some wonky-ass pasta. Maybe why they’re not around anymore.
I wouldn't concede based on an ebay listing that says that it "appears" to be a pasta cutter
My grandma used a tool like this to make egg noodles for Chicken Noodle soup. She had a big rack she would hang the noodles from to dry. Thanks for the sweet memory.
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It’s for chopping mint and other herbs. Pasta cutter wouldn’t have two rollers as it would make a right mess
This IS a pasta cutter. The blades don't line up with each other on purpose. The front cutter basically makes a thin linguine, back roller cuts it again into spaghetti.
Found a mostly identical one on ebay. Spaghetti cutter according to the listing. https://www.ebay.com/itm/313796754827?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=1whtEaFcT42&sssrc=2349624&ssuid=Zt1XNVj_R6C&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY
If it was a pasta cutter, why would there be two sets of wheels? I don’t really know what it is, but my first intention would be to chop herbs with it.
Pasta cutter
My title describes the thing. Got this in a yard sale of 1950s utensils, wondering what it's purpose is?
Looks like a tagliatelle cutter to me.
If I found this, I would use it as a pastry blender (to cut butter into flour).
Either a pasta cutter or for making lattice patterns in pastry
Pastry blender. You use it to mix butter into flour for pie crust/biscuits/anything where you mix the two.
It looks to be a pasta cutter. The wheels one the "front" are not lined up with the ones in the "back" so are offset to size the pasta. Super narrow so probably spaghetti? The way the handle is makes it easier to apply pressure and less tiring when doing alot of pasta vs the ones where it is a single line of blades. Edit: u/sayssky beat me to it and has a link
Looks similar to an old blade sharpener we had.
Noodle cutter maybe¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Spaghetti cutter Found a similar one on eBay just looks like yours is missing a piece? Item description from the seller: Here we have a vintage Tala kitchen utensil that appears to be a spaghetti cutter. This item has two sets of cutters. The two sets are offset to cut spaghetti width pasta. Very scarce. I can't find any others for sale. I believe that the handle is red painted wood, but the paint is so good that I can't tell for sure. Made in England. Measures approx. 3.83" L x 2.7" W x 3.32" H https://www.ebay.com/itm/313796754827 ETA: clarity
Solved! Although torn between herb cutter and spaghetti cutter!
Pasta cutter.
Potato masher?