Details about  RARE ANTIQUE BERKEL MEAT SLICER LAPORTE INDIANA US SLICING MACHINE & ATTACHMENT

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HUGE Commercial RARE ANTIQUE MEAT SLICER WITH LAST SLICE DEVICE/ATTACHMENT

US Slicing Machine LaPorte Indiana USA

Van Berkel with patent plate/serial number plate/includes tray/needs a good cleaning/sold as is

Serial #130205


This is the perfect item for restoration. It definitely shows wear, but it would have to be completely stripped down and restored anyway. Either way, if you choose to purchase this machine & restore you will be among the select few in the world with a detailed restoration of a historical rarity.

HISTORY: This is the name of the inventor of the best slicers in the world (in the foreground in the picture below) born on 02.05.1869 in Enschot (Netherlands) and died on 12.11.1952 in Montreux (Switzerland). W.A. van Berkel was a butcher who for years sought to combine his job as a butcher and his passion for mechanics. One day Berkel had the idea to build a machine that would facilitate the task of cutting the cured meat into thin slices. He experimented for months and often the attempt was about to fail, but in the end his patience was rewarded. Finally, after painstaking efforts, he put together two ideas, simple but ingenious: a concave blade, which precisely reproduces the hand / knife movement and a moving plate that slides towards the blade. The first slicer was born, called Berkel Model A. I have done my best to describe this unit to the best of my ability. View all photos carefully and ask questions prior to bidding. Thank you & Good Luck!!

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