Blade was too weak for its sheer power

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No-Captain2150@reddit

Still hanging on it's wall holder in my mom's kitchen. My parents got it as a wedding gift, 50 years ago and I'd bet the original Sears box in in their attic.

We use it every holiday.

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_WeSellBlankets_@reddit

We tried making a prime rib for the first time at my mom's place Christmas last year. She didn't have any carving knives except for this baby. It was either this or a chef's knife.

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Clamwacker@reddit

I would have used my chef's knife. I'm guessing moms is dull as shit though

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neanderthalman@reddit

moms is full as shit though

As is tradition

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FnordRanger_5@reddit

I’m still pissed I never got my turn too

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ScreenTricky4257@reddit

Alton Brown uses it, and anything good enough for him is good enough for me.

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_dangling_participle@reddit

OMG I can hear this picture! And then immediately smell the meal and hear my dad swearing.

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Appropriate_train841@reddit

I actually bought one of these for when we have Thanksgiving at our house. Swearing included.

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graveybrains@reddit

The one we got has two blades that would make a razor look as sharp as a baseball bat, and the swearing is always followed by blood.

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_dangling_participle@reddit

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This is why we keep band-aids in the kitchen.

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BlackieDad@reddit

My mom had hers long enough that eventually I got to be the swearing dad on turkey carving duty

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Jupiter68128@reddit

And then it makes a different sound when it hits the plate.

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_dangling_participle@reddit

https://i.redd.it/k9987ics0p3g1.gif

Ugh, *shudder* yes, I can feel it in my teeth

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amertune@reddit

My parents always called that the "bread knife", and mostly just used it to slice overly dense loaves of homemade wheat bread.

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kheret@reddit

It’s the Black and Decker Pecker Wrecker! It slices. It dices. It circumcises!

And if you get THAT reference, you’re a particular sort of Xennial.

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ONROSREPUS@reddit

Still do. That ole bitch works like a charm.

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FoppyRETURNS@reddit

Never bad one! This trick is to buy better knives and cut towards the grain.

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braxtel@reddit

The turkey always seemed to have the high ground and it ended it disaster.

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Ben-solo-11@reddit

You were supposed to destroy the sith, not join them!

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ace_11235@reddit

Not just back in the day! Mine is prepped and ready to go for tomorrow

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When I was a kid we had a fat useless dog. The kind of dog that was too lazy to go outside to shit, so instead would just get up, waddle halfway to the door, then shit on the floor. She refused to be walked, and if you called her it would take her minutes to get up then waddle over to you.

But when she heard this thing start up, she would fucking sprint into the kitchen so she could get some offcuts. Because the kitchen was around a corner, she would try to round the corner, fail and do a barrel roll, end up back on her feet, then continue sprinting.

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Absurditee4@reddit

I have known another dog much like this.

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EggsceIlent@reddit

I can hear this picture.

And whoever was using it Always "revved" it up a time or two before actually cutting.

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ForestElvenKing@reddit (OP)

As is tradition

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melanthius@reddit

It's such a silly thing to use. Cooked turkey meat is stupidly easy to slice with a half decent knife

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cellrdoor2@reddit

My grandfather was a butcher, he wouldn’t have been caught dead with one of these. We always had beautifully carved turkey and he would use a knife and a two pronged fork.

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graveybrains@reddit

https://i.redd.it/1thyo33etl3g1.gif

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denzien@reddit

It's easier to keep the skin on because of the reciprocating. Kind of like how using an impact driver can keep a driveshaft from spinning when you're unbolting it, because it's applying torque more uniformly.

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Cross_22@reddit

Pro tip: if you ever need to cut down a foam mattress, this is the best tool for the job.

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Wildtime4321@reddit

Good tip! I used a sawzaw but this seems better!

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goosebattle@reddit

100% agree.

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Throw-away17465@reddit

No. My parents, despite glaring flaws, were still largely competent adults.

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dishwasher_mayhem@reddit

I still have mine and will be using it on Thursday. I grew up on an animal farm and my Grandfather was a butcher. He taught me how to break down a turkey as if we were taking apart a car. I can do it easily enough with a regular carving knife, but pulling out this classic is just a Thanksgiving staple.

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AttentionNo6359@reddit

The first chainsword.

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charcarod0n@reddit

With the loud motor so you couldn’t hear anything except brrrrrrwwwrrrrrrrrbrrrrrrrwwwrrrrrrr. Oh yeah forgot the first brrwrrr brrrwrrr because you always had to test it first.

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Fallsfrostdew@reddit

Never really understood the point, why not use a normal knife? This seems a lot more unwieldy and less precise.

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SpicyLoafette@reddit

Turkey carving level: Jedi Master. May the fork be with you

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Melliorin@reddit

the very same one, yes.

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nakedmanjoe@reddit

I remember the smell

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CommercialPhone69@reddit

Parents couldn’t afford one

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FlatRooster4561@reddit

Yes. Yes we did.

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Loop22one@reddit

If ever you want more meat shavings than meat slices, you know the tool to use…..

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Ted_Fleming@reddit

That exact one

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TheWorldIsNotOkay@reddit

They're excellent at cutting open-cell foam for upholstery and craft projects. I inherited one from my grandmother, and the only time I trust myself to plug it in is when I'm wearing gloves and safety goggles, in the workshop, with a block of foam as the intended victim.

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Lady_Ambiguity@reddit

lol the electric carving knife was like a chainsaw for turkeys

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_ficklelilpickle@reddit

If I heard this I knew immediately we were having roast beef. Of all the roasts that one for some reason was always one step off being leather and it needed the double reciprocating blades to cut through. And a thick AF gravy to lubricate it while chewing.

We don’t have any issues with roast beef in my house.

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