I found a tobacco shredder!!

[drsam]

Plug,tobacco,jacknife plug
I found an old cast iron tobacco shredder today and purchased the thing. I can rember seeing these when I was a kid in Kentucy. They were mounted on the counter usually close to the plug cutter. They would cut the required amount off of a big brick of tobacco and put in the hopper....turn the crank handle and shredded pipe or cigarette tobacco came out the other end. Guess I will have to order a tin of jacknife plug and try it out.
No pictures of it yet...still hiding it from Helga.
dr sam

 

[spartan]

You sure it's not a meat shredder? lol Just poking fun. Looking forward to the photos!

 

[ace57]

I saw one on E-bay a few weeks back, I think around $65 starting bid.

 

[uberam3rica]

my local smoke shop has an electronic "tobacco" shredder by all the glass "tobacco" pipes. ya like anyone uses those for tobacco.

 

[olderthandirt]

They were mounted on the counter usually close to the plug cutter.

Local antique store had an old cast iron plug cutter a few months back. Damn thing was huge!

Mind, I'm picturing the smallish squares of plug that's currently sold when I say huge. Guillotine affair with blades perhaps 8 inches long and the handle was prolly a foot and a half.

It was gone the next time I went in of course.
Sounds as though you got yourself a great bit of history there drsam, looking forward to the pics!!

 

[bubbadreier]

I want to see a picture of this beast! :mrgreen:

 

[riptide]

Sounds Cool I would like to see some pics.