Electric Food Slicer - Is blade sharpening possible.

purpleivy

Hi, have had a search and not found the answer to my question.  We have a Lakeland electric food slicer. Given its age, I'm not surprised it's been discontinued!

What I would prefer to do in this environmentally aware age is to have the blade sharpened, so it's better than it is now.  

Has anyone ever had this done?   It's serrated, but not very serrated.   

Any clues on this appreciated.  

I had a big 'wonder' about it this morning. My elderly parents (91/92) visit every 4w for a few days and Dad normally takes us out for a meal to help out. Mum has dementia and it's possible to take her out but hard work.  Dad mentioned some time ago that he missed a nice rib roast, so I suggested he went to his lovely local butcher and bought a joint to bring with him.  He said it cost more than a meal out!  Weighed 3.75kg and not much bone in it (rib joint).  There were 5 of us yesterday, 4 tonight and MIL has a pot with three servings in.  There is a ton of meat left, so it's sliced up and going to be made into packs for meals for them and some sandwiches for their freezer as well.  A big outlay but it is going a long way. Bones are in the freezer for stock. I made some dripping from the trimmings of fat and now I keep dipping into the salted crispy bits that are left. Not a bit wasted!  

ButterCheese

I assume it's a circular type blade assembly with 3 blades coming out of it?  If you sharpen it you will lose the serations but that might not matter.  The only hard thing is to get some sort of sharpening device in between i.e. if there's enough clearance to get a shar[ening stone in.  A mini file would perhaps be the best option, but will take a while to do.  Just make sure you get the geenral sharpening angle correct otherwise it won't work as well.  You've got nothing really to lose - making it sharp in some way might be better than having it true but blunt!

purpleivy

It's a circular blade, flat. Thing like a circular saw but not as high powered! 

flaneurs_lobster

purpleivy said:

It's a circular blade, flat. Thing like a circular saw but not as high powered! 

Any chance of a picture, or even the model number might let people look it up?

FrugaiMacDugal

purpleivy said:

It's a circular blade, flat. Thing like a circular saw but not as high powered! 

Can you remove it then hone it?

DullGreyGuy

https://www.lakeland.co.uk/13665/my-kitchen-electric-slicer

Presumably something like the above? 

Have you looked to see if you can remove the blade? It may be fixed in which case no. 

I think you will struggle to find someone to sharpen it, doubt it will go into a machine for sharpening and to do it by hand naturally makes it much more expensive. 

There are spare blades for sale for other makes so if you can detach it you maybe able to see if one is likely to fit or not. 

flaneurs_lobster

DullGreyGuy said:

https://www.lakeland.co.uk/13665/my-kitchen-electric-slicer

Presumably something like the above? 

Have you looked to see if you can remove the blade? It may be fixed in which case no. 

If that is indeed the slicer in question then the manual linked to that page says that the blade can be removed (for cleaning - no reference to sharpening).

-taff

We have a guy locally who sharpens things [all things] for a living and does it in a van. Have you anyone like that you could ask? Or even someone not mobile...

I have an electric slicer, the balde has never been sharpened in 40 years [ sounds a long time but it was bought mid eighties] but it isn't a flat blade, its concave in the middle.. Failing any people to ask about sharpening, how about asking an engineering firm if they can make a new one?

purpleivy

Thanks for all the suggestions. It is a Lakeland one but an older model. I do completely dismantle completely for cleaning  including the blade. I think I will just have to keep my ears and eyes open. 

joedenise

Have you contacted Lakeland to see if a replacement blade is available?  They're usually very helpful about spares even on older items.