“I knew that one!” I heard that my grandfather sold these door to door when he was young and it was the Great Depression. He said he would have a new blade palmed and ask the customer for one of their old blades to show how well it worked. He would then put in the new blade to show how well it worked and then leave quickly after making a sale!” Someone replied.
“That thing is called a Kenberry blade sharpener.” That’s the only picture I can find that shows that. Many people had them lying around because they didn’t work very well, so they used them for different things. Someone else said.
At the same time, someone else thought of another way the tool could be used. “Not a sharpener for razor blades.” It’s a place to put a dish towel. It fits on a cabinet handle. It’s very easy to slide the towel in and out. My grandma owned this one. In the 1960s, she sold them in her grocery store next to the dish towels.
The tool is very old, so it might be hard to figure out what it was used for. In any case, it’s a lovely little piece of hand-made history that, if nothing else, is fun to talk about.
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