Vintage Slaw Cutter Repurposed As A Photo Holder
May 05, 2021
This garage sale find, a slaw cutter, was one of the items in my April Junk Finds Blog Post.
I paid $1 for it, and the seller had put blue tape on the sharp blade.
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Before a light scrubbing with hot Dawn Dish Soapy water and a rag, I removed the sharp blade that was attached with 3 small nails.
I dulled the sharpness of the blade by rubbing the sharp edge back and forth on a stone outside.
I brushed on a coat of Varathane Aged Wood Accelerator in Brown.
This is a water based product that dries pretty quickly, and clean up is easy.
Next, I pulled out one of my all time favorite stencils, Farm Blend Grains from Old Sign Stencils.
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I swirled on just the "chicken" graphic and "1932" using Dixie Belle Chalk Finish Paint in Caviar.
The dulled blade was nailed back onto the slaw cutter, and a sawtooth hanger was added to the back of the cutter.
My slaw cutter is now a fun display piece for a farmhouse kitchen! This is my great grandfather in the photo, with horses, in the Minnesota snow.
The blade works with a magnet.
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That's really neat! I can envision those horses in front of a different kind of cutter--a sleigh!
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