Talk:Peeler

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Time for a discussion page on this vital topic. Seems I may be in error regarding the unique features of the humble Aussie spud peeler. Whatever, I happily emended my section to reflect this fact. I must say though, that it is a hoot to have your own potato peeler on the wikipedia and an honour too, of course :-).--Phil Wardle 01:33, 15 October 2006 (UTC)

other Peelers.

Peeler - also a great rock band from Brantford Ontario, Canada, see www.peeler.ca

Yorkshire Peeler or Lancashire Peeler?

I've only ever heard them called Lancashire peelers. A quick Google reveals just 7 results for "yorkshire peeler", with most of the results either being wikipedia results or quoting them. "lancashire peeler" reveals 716 results, not a massive amount but far more than yorkshire peeler, and crucially, a lot of the results are to stores selling such items, which would indicate that it is this term that is more widely used. I'm going to change the reference in the article, if anyone can provide evidence that the term yorkshire peeler is widely used then feel free to re-add it. Darksun (talk) 22:17, 27 November 2008 (UTC)

Possible Plagiarism

http://www.articlesphere.com/Article/Peeler/216220 67.172.181.184 (talk) 20:22, 28 July 2011 (UTC)

Main types, some omissions

I don't think it is accurate that these are the four main types.

There is no mention of the basic American swivel peeler (the straight all-metal type with a loop for a handle). Also absent is a photo of the classic Zena Rex of Switzerland, the original design many Y-types are based on.

Also the peeler marked as a Lancashire peeler in the photo differs from the design you will find if you search for images of one. The real Lancashire peeler has a more narrow, rounded blade design. I am not certain but the tool in the photo appears to be a slicer, perhaps for cheese. The blade part looks too wide for it to function well as a peeler.

More accurately the designs can be categorized as either straight (of which there are various fixed and pivoting types) or Y-type (Zena Rex and variants, also the fixed blade Chinese design). A bench mounted apple peeler is a different thing altogether.

Dforest (talk) 21:14, 14 April 2013 (UTC)

Invention

When was this invented? Where? By whom? THx — Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.215.51.166 (talk) 12:03, 14 January 2018 (UTC)