DE blade to score bread!?! Random eBay item..

[lastcoyote]

Came across this whilst browsing eBay as you do.
bizarre use for a double edge blade. Looks lethal! Thought you guys might find it amusing:

Bakers Lame, Crafted In Stunning English Yew With A Live Edge + 5 Blades + Box | eBay

Yew is prized for its beauty, fine grain and smooth texture which give it a lustrous finish with a stunning reddish-brown and cream colour. Intentionally creating a weak spot on the surface of the loaf prevents the loaf from bursting at weak spots created during shaping.

www.ebay.co.uk

 

[TobyC]

English Yew is toxic.

 

[TobyC]

The entire yew bush is poisonous, with the exception of the aril (the red flesh of the berry covering the seed). Yews contain numerous toxic compounds, including "at least ten alkaloids, nitriles (cyanogenic glycoside esters), ephedrine", and their essential oil, but the most important toxins are taxine alkaloids, cardiotoxic chemical compounds which act via calcium and sodium channel antagonism.[30][31] If any leaves or seeds of the plant are ingested, urgent medical attention is recommended as well as observation for at least 6 hours after the point of ingestion.[32][20] The European yew is one of the most toxic species in the genus, along with the Japanese yew, T. cuspidata.[30]

Yew poisonings are relatively common in both domestic and wild animals which consume the plant accidentally,[8][9][10] resulting in "countless fatalities in livestock".[33] Taxines are also absorbed efficiently via the skin. Taxus species should thus be handled with care and preferably with gloves.[7]

There are currently no known antidotes for yew poisoning, but drugs such as atropine have been used to treat the symptoms.[35] Taxine remains in the plant all year, with maximal concentrations appearing during the winter.

 

[R181]

Yew may not be edible but it made a fine English longbow.

Bob

 

[Vacumatic]

I am no bread baker but this looks like someone has created a solution to a problem that doesn't exist, or at least cannot be solved with an ordinary kitchen knife, this tool looks like an accident waiting to happen

Nice piece of wood though.

 

[owlman]

Scoring knives for bread usually look like this:

Usage:

 

[sɐǝɹpu∀]

GEM SE blades seem a much better choice, but I have avoided the bread baking craze... so what do I know?

 

[lastcoyote]

I’d have thought the best tool would be the classic Swann Morton Scalpel for detailed precise markings:

Far less Frankenstein-like by sticking a DE blade on the end of a bit of wood…as nice as the wood is.

 

[TheBurgh]

According to the scars on my chin from yesterday's (Feather blade) shave, that's the razor I used!

 

[lastcoyote]

It would certainly fit the ‘aggressive’ category