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Double-edged blade

Patent drawing of a hand-held fruit and vegetable parer showing a wooden handle, a metal ferrule with a wire guard, and a pointed double-edged blade, along with separate detail views of the ferrule, handle shank, and blade.

IMPROVEMENT IN FRUIT AND VEGETABLE PARERSTheodore Searing · December 5, 1871

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