June 17, 2018

Dad's potato peeler & the USS Atlántida

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My father always maintained he invented the Swivel potato peeler in the thirties while on the USS Atlántida. He even went to New Orleans, Lousiana and Chicago, Illinois, in the seventies to research his claim; he found nothing to support it.              
       
       
     
      
       
       
     
      
       
Angel Morales potato peeler      
photo by Styrous®            
               
               
           
       
        
Swivel peelers have the blade mounted on a pivot. Thus the angle of the blade is self-adjusted as pressure is applied, increasing ease of use. The Jonas peeler, was designed in Sweden in 1953, is a straight design with a pivoting blade attached to the end of an oblong metal loop handle, which is held like a knife. A shaft runs through the length of the handle. The blade has two edges to enable use in either direction, and by either hand. While often copied, the original is still made by Linden Sweden. For many decades, it has been the standard type of peeler in the United States.          


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Styrous® ~ Father's Day, Sunday, June 17, 2018            
       













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