Video about restoration of an Antique German bread guillotine , probably made it 100 years ago or much more.
In this video I restored a German slicer , from Peter Dienes. I didn't manage to find out its exact age, but I know that it was manufactured around the first world war. Peter Dienes made many bread slicers, among other machines for use in the kitchen , but this slicer was designed for the richest people of that time. In many pictures of the German elite from that period, this bread-slicing machine can be found.
I saw this guillotine for the first time by chance , among some google searches. Then I saw that only 2 were for sale. In one post, the piece was already sold and in another I had to bid. I won the auction because I really wanted to restore this ancient jewel. There are none for sale anymore, or at least I haven't found any. Which makes me think that they are very rare pieces. So this reinforced my idea to make a restoration video about this wonderful guillotine.
While I was restoring it, I noticed that this guillotine is built differently from the other slicers I've met before or seen at other restorers. It is built with many details and safety elements. For example , the entire handle assembly had a stopper so that it does not fall over and cause damage. Or another interesting detail that I noticed was the fact that this guillotine has a handle at the top of the base for easy moving from one place to another.
During the restoration I noticed many casting marks but I preferred to keep them because, as I said, the guillotine is rare and I wanted to keep as many old elements as possible . In this case, the restoration with the result of a perfectly smooth surface and without imperfections, was really pointless.
After a survey in the UKposts channel community, I decided that at the end of the restoration, I would make a simple and delicious recipe, using this guillotine. I hope you like this restoration, I hope you like the video and the recipe at the end. Thanks !