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Our Nana passed, and we found this in her kitchen. It appears to be well used. That is an ordinary razor blade it is holding. The screw forces the blade into a curve.

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This appears to be a bread lame - a tool used to score the top of bread (mostly, but not entirely, for aesthetic reasons).

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