GE Invents the Electric Knife
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dirtybuck
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I think my sister still has the GE my Dad bought back in the late 60's or early 70's.
I wish I could find it, but does anyone remember the scene from "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" where Frankenfurter is using one to slice the "butt roast" (Meatloaf again?)?
I wish I could find it, but does anyone remember the scene from "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" where Frankenfurter is using one to slice the "butt roast" (Meatloaf again?)?
The final nail in the coffin
Walmart ended up with the rights to put the GE badge on small appliances but they don't sell a GE-branded electric knife.
http://www.walmart.com/search/searc...tric+knife&search_constraint=0&depts=F_S&ref=
Walmart ended up with the rights to put the GE badge on small appliances but they don't sell a GE-branded electric knife.
http://www.walmart.com/search/searc...tric+knife&search_constraint=0&depts=F_S&ref=
mixguy
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Model EK 1 and later electric knives
Did you notice how large the motor was in that electric knife in the demo? The next model made bragged about being smaller, lighter and just as powerful. I like the knife center, great way to keep the electric knife with the other knives. Yes I remember the cordless electric model GE came out with shortly there after too, after a few years of use the batteries would not hold a charge and and GE did not offer replacement batteries once a model was no longer manufactured. When a small appliance was discontinued by GE, parts were no longer available unless a service center you brought the appliance to or contacted, had the part in stock. Did you all notice the long cord? Most small appliances today have a 3 ft. or 1 m. cord. For me an electric knife is so great for carving! There were deluxe models that came with wall racks, some with two sets of blades. I think GE was first but others appliance makers soon followed each boasting a feature. Sunbeam having the tip that trims, HB having the hole in the handle, and switchable model. HB even had a mix and carve center, a wall rack paring an electric knife and mixette, storing the parts together neatly.
Did you notice how large the motor was in that electric knife in the demo? The next model made bragged about being smaller, lighter and just as powerful. I like the knife center, great way to keep the electric knife with the other knives. Yes I remember the cordless electric model GE came out with shortly there after too, after a few years of use the batteries would not hold a charge and and GE did not offer replacement batteries once a model was no longer manufactured. When a small appliance was discontinued by GE, parts were no longer available unless a service center you brought the appliance to or contacted, had the part in stock. Did you all notice the long cord? Most small appliances today have a 3 ft. or 1 m. cord. For me an electric knife is so great for carving! There were deluxe models that came with wall racks, some with two sets of blades. I think GE was first but others appliance makers soon followed each boasting a feature. Sunbeam having the tip that trims, HB having the hole in the handle, and switchable model. HB even had a mix and carve center, a wall rack paring an electric knife and mixette, storing the parts together neatly.
Lovely Goodwill Find
This gem, probably a first generation model, the feeb posted the price on the woodgrain in Magic Marker. Got another one one day, the woman at the register said it had a fork with that one, but the moron who put the thing on the shelf took the fork out and stuck it in a big box of knives and forks in the display case at the register. Don't you hate thrift shop workers? I can't say this enough, I love General Electric products.
(11-25-61 ~ 11-25-11, first set foot in this house 50 years ago today)
This gem, probably a first generation model, the feeb posted the price on the woodgrain in Magic Marker. Got another one one day, the woman at the register said it had a fork with that one, but the moron who put the thing on the shelf took the fork out and stuck it in a big box of knives and forks in the display case at the register. Don't you hate thrift shop workers? I can't say this enough, I love General Electric products.
(11-25-61 ~ 11-25-11, first set foot in this house 50 years ago today)
Knice Nives!
Hmmmmmmm...I'm fairly used to doing things the hard way! I still have my family heirloom harvest gold Grants Bradford electric knife still in the package & my arms have been sooooooo sore from carving that turkey!
--Just kidding, of course...
-- Dave
Hmmmmmmm...I'm fairly used to doing things the hard way! I still have my family heirloom harvest gold Grants Bradford electric knife still in the package & my arms have been sooooooo sore from carving that turkey!
--Just kidding, of course...
-- Dave
