Thread: BIG unknown blade...

Hi All! Found this gigant blade and at first (before seeing it irl) I was pretty sure it was a straight with a removeble handle. I´ve seen such things before, by luck I had a case with five blades before. But this guy is like a industrial thing, it´s a 19/16 very close wedge blade.

Does anyone know what it is? I´ll of course try and convince mr Neil Miller to make a handle for it, but you would have to use force to ease the weight when shaving, lol.

Looks like it's straight out of a lab.
I'd get it tanged & scaled & turn it into an awesome shaver. Might even need a bit of a re-grind to make it manageable!

wow you weren't kidding about it being BIG.

Man that ain't no straight. That is used in an industrial apple slicing machine. There is a large, automated machine that moves at 2000 rpm. This machine is used to slice apples into smaller pieces before they puree them into applesauce. The reason i know this is because i am pulling your leg.

But that thing cannot be a straight. Think of the weight that thing has and how would you use it going around the bend of your chin.

Originally Posted by prosneek

Man that ain't no straight. That is used in an industrial apple slicing machine. There is a large, automated machine that moves at 2000 rpm. This machine is used to slice apples into smaller pieces before they puree them into applesauce. The reason i know this is because i am pulling your leg.

But that thing cannot be a straight. Think of the weight that thing has and how would you use it going around the bend of your chin.

Lol, I´m more worried squeezeing it in under the honker.

Ben: Something like that, thanks . I don´t know how good the steel is though, it looks and feels good, but Neil will know.

Originally Posted by prosneek

Man that ain't no straight. That is used in an industrial apple slicing machine. There is a large, automated machine that moves at 2000 rpm. This machine is used to slice apples into smaller pieces before they puree them into applesauce. The reason i know this is because i am pulling your leg.

But that thing cannot be a straight. Think of the weight that thing has and how would you use it going around the bend of your chin.

All joking aside it does look like it was made for industrial use in a lab or factory. I have made many a custom tools as a Tool and Die Maker and this blade an d the box sure does look like custom tooling. It also looks like a microtome style. If it is a custom tool I wouldn't be too concerned about the metal quality. Most manufacturing tools are made of the best metal to meet the requirements.

Originally Posted by Joed

All joking aside it does look like it was made for industrial use in a lab or factory. I have made many a custom tools as a Tool and Die Maker and this blade an d the box sure does look like custom tooling. It also looks like a microtome style. If it is a custom tool I wouldn't be too concerned about the metal quality. Most manufacturing tools are made of the best metal to meet the requirements.

I think you´re right and the fact it has a name (B Bergman) etched into the box strenghtes you theory. Thanks!

That is a surgical blade. The name on the tang is Wilhelm Walb, a surgical tool maker from the 19th century from Heidelburg, Germany. Yours looks to be a microtome blade. Notice the blade in this microtome picture:


...at least you know it is surgical quality steel!


bill

what a cleaver! May I suggest having a custom knife handle made for it, with a fancy hilt, and a sheath? Would make a unique belt knife.

Thank you Bill! That´s it. And surgical steel is the good stuff indeed.

Croaker: Hmm, good suggestion, but I don´t have use for a knife like that (I only use either a good work knife or my Leatherman ... or the chainsaw, which prob. comes closest to this one, lol). I´m tempted though, becuase it´s a little to much for a straight.