Day eighty-four of The 100 Day Project for 2021.
On Friday, it was all about sticking together. On Saturday, peeling apart.
Neither constitutes the favourite objects I mentioned the other day. They're still to come.
But this design of vegetable peeler was a revelation to me when I moved to the UK in 1999. We'd always had these ones while I was growing up in Australia.
While they did the job, they were an ergonomic nightmare compared to these ones. And they never seemed as sturdy.
I also can't even vaguely imagine peeling a butternut squash with one of those old-style ones!
A quick Google search to find the old style we used to have indicated this style is much more prevalent now, which is good to see.
I use mine to shave parmesan and other hard cheeses onto my pasta dishes more than I do to peel vegetables these days. But they are a perfect example of design improvements over time.
The initial sketch was drawn with a 4H pencil. Then a mix of 6B, 2B, HB and a little bit more 4H.