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Default Lame (the cutting kind)

Breadtopia wrote:
> I have one of those steel lames from TMB and it's nice. But I've heard
> a coffee stirring stick that you see everywhere is about the same width
> so may not require any modification to slide into the double edged
> razor.
>
> Eric
>
>
> Jeff Miller wrote:
> > --
> > Jeff Miller
> > Davies Murphy Group
> > 781-418-2429 (w)
> > 617-767-7537 (c)
> > 200 Wheeler Road
> > Burlington, MA 01803
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From:
> > ] On Behalf Of Will
> > Sent: Sunday, August 13, 2006 10:11 PM
> > To:

> > Subject: banneton in fridge????
> >
> >
> > Will wrote:
> > > TMB has a rather nice lame too.

> >
> > I've become pretty cheap when it comes to my lame as well. I did buy a lame
> > early on from the Baker's Catalogue, but realized pretty quick that $10 was
> > awfully steep for a stick and a razor blade. So I started saving my
> > daughter's popsicle sticks (after she'd eaten the popsicle, natch) and
> > bought 100 double edged razors for about $10(includes shipping -- I couldn't
> > find them at my local drug store).
> >
> > A little super glue from the junk drawer in our kitchen, and I've got about
> > 100 lames. Cheap, cheap, cheap.
> >
> > --
> > Jeff


I was unable to fit a chopstick into a razor blade, and the coffee
stirrers I found were too flimsy. I use a bamboo skewer, as would be
used for shish kebab, and it fits into my standard issue double-edged
razor just fine. Somebody needs to make a nice cheap lame that fits
standard razor blades.