Good morning. I'm not certain that this is the appropriate place for
this post so if someone has a better option, please let me know.

The cutting blade on our Foodsaver Professional II is so dull that it
no longer cuts the bags. I asked Foodsaver for a part number for this
particular blade, but they advised that this part is no longer
available.

I did find a "hack" for replacing the blade, but I really don't want
to work with single-edge razor blades (and the attendant cut fingers
and hands).

Does anyone have an old Foodsaver Professional II that still has a
working cutting blade that they'd be willing to sell to us?

My husband does a lot of fishing and hunting (and our friends share
their fish and meat with us in exchange for veggies from our abundant
garden).

Thank you.

Mrs. Smith
Central Point, Oregon

On Sun, 16 Dec 2012 09:51:58 -0800, Linda >
wrote:

> Good morning. I'm not certain that this is the appropriate place for
> this post so if someone has a better option, please let me know.
>
> The cutting blade on our Foodsaver Professional II is so dull that it
> no longer cuts the bags. I asked Foodsaver for a part number for this
> particular blade, but they advised that this part is no longer
> available.

Is it possible to take the blade out and sharpen it? Sounds like all
you need is a whet stone from the dollar store. Or maybe you have
someone in the area that sharpens knives by hand and you can have that
person do it. They charge by the inch here, so it shouldn't cost you
much.

--
Food is an important part of a balanced diet.

On 12/16/2012 12:51 PM, Linda wrote:
>
> I did find a "hack" for replacing the blade, but I really don't want
> to work with single-edge razor blades (and the attendant cut fingers
> and hands).

Perhaps you could use one of those 'sheet cutters' like this one:

http://www.martorusa.com/Snitty-On-C...=19&category=9

Something where you just run it across your bag material and there
are no expose blades.

Good luck in your quest.

nancy

On Sun, 16 Dec 2012 09:51:58 -0800, Linda >
wrote:

>Good morning. I'm not certain that this is the appropriate place for
>this post so if someone has a better option, please let me know.
>
>The cutting blade on our Foodsaver Professional II is so dull that it
>no longer cuts the bags. I asked Foodsaver for a part number for this
>particular blade, but they advised that this part is no longer
>available.
>
>I did find a "hack" for replacing the blade, but I really don't want
>to work with single-edge razor blades (and the attendant cut fingers
>and hands).
>
>Does anyone have an old Foodsaver Professional II that still has a
>working cutting blade that they'd be willing to sell to us?
>
>My husband does a lot of fishing and hunting (and our friends share
>their fish and meat with us in exchange for veggies from our abundant
>garden).
>
>Thank you.
>
>Mrs. Smith
>Central Point, Oregon
Enter Foodsaver Professional II parts in you search engine.
Janet US

On 12/16/2012 2:00 PM, Janet Bostwick wrote:
> On Sun, 16 Dec 2012 09:51:58 -0800, Linda >
> wrote:
>
>> Good morning. I'm not certain that this is the appropriate place for
>> this post so if someone has a better option, please let me know.
>>
>> The cutting blade on our Foodsaver Professional II is so dull that it
>> no longer cuts the bags. I asked Foodsaver for a part number for this
>> particular blade, but they advised that this part is no longer
>> available.
>>
>> I did find a "hack" for replacing the blade, but I really don't want
>> to work with single-edge razor blades (and the attendant cut fingers
>> and hands).
>>
>> Does anyone have an old Foodsaver Professional II that still has a
>> working cutting blade that they'd be willing to sell to us?
>>
>> My husband does a lot of fishing and hunting (and our friends share
>> their fish and meat with us in exchange for veggies from our abundant
>> garden).
>>
>> Thank you.
>>
>> Mrs. Smith
>> Central Point, Oregon
> Enter Foodsaver Professional II parts in you search engine.
> Janet US
Won't a large pair of scissors work? I've hardly ever used anything else
with my small Foodsaver tho' I did get a gadget with a little ceramic
cutting wheel. (Even if the cutter is magnetized to stick to a
refrigerator, it always seems to disappear.)

--
Jim Silverton (Potomac, MD)

Extraneous "not" in Reply To.

On 12/16/2012 2:29 PM, l not -l wrote:

> Hard-to-find parts are often available on eBay. I have been selling
> vintage Rival Food Slicer parts there for four years and have found it
> to be a good marketplace for such items. If what you seek is not
> immediately available, set up a Saved Search with the email option and
> you will be notified when the item is offered.
> --

Ditto that. I found parts for my Vitamix on eBay.

Thanks to everyone for their suggestions. There is no immediate need
for this particular part so we'll just use scissors for the time
being. We will continue to check on eBay, however, especially if any
other parts on our Foodsaver stop working.

Mrs. Smith
Central Point, Oregon

On Sun, 16 Dec 2012 09:51:58 -0800, Linda >
wrote:

>Good morning. I'm not certain that this is the appropriate place for
>this post so if someone has a better option, please let me know.
>
>The cutting blade on our Foodsaver Professional II is so dull that it
>no longer cuts the bags. I asked Foodsaver for a part number for this
>particular blade, but they advised that this part is no longer
>available.
>
>I did find a "hack" for replacing the blade, but I really don't want
>to work with single-edge razor blades (and the attendant cut fingers
>and hands).
>
>Does anyone have an old Foodsaver Professional II that still has a
>working cutting blade that they'd be willing to sell to us?
>
>My husband does a lot of fishing and hunting (and our friends share
>their fish and meat with us in exchange for veggies from our abundant
>garden).
>
>Thank you.
>
>Mrs. Smith
>Central Point, Oregon

On 12/25/2012 10:50 PM, Linda wrote:

> Thanks to everyone for their suggestions. There is no immediate need
> for this particular part so we'll just use scissors for the time
> being. We will continue to check on eBay, however, especially if any
> other parts on our Foodsaver stop working.

I'd also like to know if you end up finding a replacement. I have the
same foodsaver model with the built-in bag cutter and it would be a
bummer if the blade gets too dull to cut them.

Email me the is a food group also. Chuck

I replaced mine today with number 9 blades you can buy from the hardware store. Easy to do and you should have no problems.

On Thursday, September 22, 2016 at 7:44:43 PM UTC-5, wrote:
>
> I replaced mine today with number 9 blades you can buy from the hardware store. Easy to do and you should have no problems.
>
>
How nice. Linda, the original poster, is wondering why you
didn't respond back to her in December 2012 when she posted
her request.

On Fri, 23 Sep 2016 14:13:47 -0700 (PDT), "
> wrote:

>On Thursday, September 22, 2016 at 7:44:43 PM UTC-5, wrote:
>>
>> I replaced mine today with number 9 blades you can buy from the hardware store. Easy to do and you should have no problems.
>>
>>
>How nice. Linda, the original poster, is wondering why you
>didn't respond back to her in December 2012 when she posted
>her request.

How about a recent reply to a 1993 post?
Message-ID: >
That's the oldest I have come across lately.