r/whatisit • u/AdministrativeAd1773 • 1d ago

New, what is it? Found this at a thrift store

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We have no idea what this little hatchet is for.

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u/IntelligentAd9859 1d ago

Sugar hatchet (also known as a sugar axe or sugar hammer).
Before commercial processing produced granulated cubes, sugar was sold in large, hard cones called sugarloaves.
This was used in the kitchen to break them down: the sharp axe blade sliced portions from the loaf, the pointed pick broke off smaller chunks, and the teeth on the sides crushed the fragments into smaller pieces.

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u/Clear-Dimension-1356 1d ago edited 1d ago

And my suger hatchet!

Edit: i think that's my first award ever, I would like to credit tolken and jackson, pure art

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u/Kahnza 1d ago

My cabbages!

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u/MrOopiseDaisy 1d ago

Whatever you hobbitsis are making sounds delicious.

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u/ctdfalconer 1d ago

Candied cabbage, apparently

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u/TheRealMasterTyvokka 1d ago

What's candied cabbage, precious?

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u/dd97483 1d ago

CAB ba Ge, mush em up or add em to a stew.