100+ Year Old Elf Tobacco Cutter Restoration

100+ Year Old Elf Tobacco Cutter Restoration
In this video I restore an antique tobacco cutter used to cut plug pipe tobacco to length. These were manufactured by Brighton from the late 1800's until the 1970s. This one, based on its style and markings, was manufactured between 1890 and about 1906. At that time they cost around $6.00. These were used by drug stores/tobacconists to cut plug pipe and chewing tobacco to length for sale.
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[@julierobertson148]

I love watching projects that don't go as expected and require additional experience and skill. The reason repairs were required with this restoration and how they were accomplished were fascinating. (I'm now a subscriber.)

[@willyrobertlegendre4662]

After only one minute... start drilling in a piece of antique... would freak me out... Great restoration!

[@dennisfeldmann7399]

Awesome project. Thanks for sharing.

[@tootall5559]

nice work. I'm sure most people don't get how difficult welding the cast iron was. It's one of the most difficult things to weld there is. Most of the time, most people don' t even try to weld it, they braze it instead but that's not as good of course, especially on a stress point like that. Super nice job on that.

[@paigekral8859]

I was watching this next to my dogs and the high pitched wirring of the ball tool in the beginning freaked them out. Also I love watching this channel! ❤️

[@praetorangel8967]

After about 200 restoration videos someone finally explains why brazing is chosen over welding sometimes. Thanks for the brief explanation :)

[@AcmeRestorations]

Glad to help

[@jerryjohnsonii4181]

Absolutely fantastic restoration on this vintage 100 year old Eif Tobacco Cutter !!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@vidurpeshawaria6258]

It was a kit Kat not a twix . But a great restoration 👍

[@AcmeRestorations]

I went and double checked the names of the power bars on the receipt and then blew it on a candy bar I've been eating since I was a kid. :)

[@krististott8062]

lol I agree

[@delfco12]

I was on my was to ask if they call it twix in europe or something

[@evinsabberton73]

This is the only reason I came to the comments lmao

[@killiantch7890]

@@evinsabberton73 me too x))

[@stanleymcman9422]

I enjoy ever restorations that you do and so I want to say "'I just want to be like the Acme Restoration Guy"' .When I see your videos they remind me a lot about the shop my father had in ILL which he called "'Mr. Fix It" but he did not do the same type of work he worked on small appliances and battery and wind up toys and music boxes. The item that I remember the most that he and I got to work on before his passing was an old pinball machine it tooks us over 6 months to get it up and running. Thank you for bringing me back to a great moment in time and I always look forward to seeing the next to keep restoration video.

[@AcmeRestorations]

Thanks a lot Stan!

[@stanleymcman9422]

@@AcmeRestorations you are very welcome

[@mauraleticiachillemi6403]

Fantastic !! I love this too !! Your work is giant !! Thank you !!

[@AllFlavorWorkshop]

That's a fine looking tobacco cutter you've got there. Nicely done on the welding part. 👍👊

[@jeannettemorley5872]

What a wonderful thing you have given life to again.

[@michaelpugh4894]

Nice tear down and clean up. Beautiful restoration. Cool tobacco cutter.

[@donaldswink6259]

Beautiful restoration, I like how you used the magnet to hold the steel in place while welding. What a great idea.

[@Nyufly]

Cast iron.

[@minhtran-ef6gy]

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[@Juraberg]

Great job! 👍🏼 As a passionate pipe smoker I would love this cutter to slice twist and plug tobaccos. Regards, Patrick

[@AcmeRestorations]

Thanks 👍

[@jefftaylor7511]

When working with a rivet that old and rusty I generally drill all the way through with a small bit and then repeat with larger bits until I can collapse the ends or sides inward. MUCH easier than weld and filling a piece of broken cast iron. Just the way I've done them - I'm really old and don't like extra work!!! Nice job. :-)

[@AcmeRestorations]

I'll try that next time. Looks like the cast iron was already a little cracked so that was always going to break. Thanks for the tip!

[@jennielee3977]

The fellow on your cutter is more likely to be a pixie than an elf. He is sassy, mischievous, impudent, and disrespectful; thumbing his nose, which is a gesture of dislike or disrespect. I really enjoy your restoration videos!

[@colettevarize4230]

Wow that was such a great, satisfying watch. Thank you. It always relaxes me to watch restoration videos and you did an awesome job on this one! Aloha from Hawaii!!! 🌺

[@peachy_scoundrel415]

The welding looks so cool

[@ethanmilgram2327]

Great restoration. I appreciate that even a pro breaks things every now and then. There was good learning in seeing how you fixed the break. Enjoyable! Gary

[@ededmund5685]

!!!!! YOU BROKE THE CASTING !!!!!! ,,,,, EVERY ONE ,,,SEEN THIS COMING ,,,,,, ESCAPE YOU ,,,,,????? I LIKE THE VIDEO THX Ed Lorreto Ontario Canada

[@craigmoore7521]

Very cool!! Nice work!! Just like new!!

[@halfbreed808]

Well done sir 👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿

[@Mister_Weasel]

This was really good, i just added you to my list of favourite youtube restoration channels 👍

[@joannpelas5101]

Beautiful restoration but you must not eat much candy. Your Twix was a Kit Kat bar. I still loved your work and your earned my subscription.

[@1978garfield]

You successfully mig welded cast iron. You have my respect.

[@AcmeRestorations]

Thanks!

[@devendrakumar-kp9zx]

Outstanding work done by you

[@AcmeRestorations]

Thanks a lot 😊

[@stevewalker7822]

A very unique piece of history! Nice job!

[@dirtyhairy8884]

A lot of work. Beautiful restoration, and it looks awesome!

[@santanusinha7086]

Very nice job. Not using pop rivets was my favorite part. Dealing wid the broken casting, marvelous. A nice wooden base was desirable.

[@petepeterson4540]

A good show can't beat it excellent choices and decisions. GREAT VIDEO THUMBS UP!

[@user-dx6pt9oo6h]

Hi bro 👋👋👋 very good restoration old tobacco cutter 👍👍👍

[@GradKat]

What an amazing gadget! I’ve never seen anything like it. Great restoration job.

[@jennarivera7901]

Beautiful restoration, I like how you used the magnet to hold the steel in place while welding. What a great idea.

[@ellaantipova5510]

Прекрасная работа!!!!

[@cubibaby3770]

Wow very antique, you restore and make it become great, very detail

[@veraluciafaria8968]

É UMA OBRA DE ARTE FICOU MARAVILHOSO PARABÉNS.

[@anajay78]

Good for another century.

[@yeagerxp]

Very good restoration 👍👍👍Thanks for sharing

[@gustavoaffonso6397]

Very cool

[@vyranlaise8356]

I know exactly what that is. When hand rolling cigars. The ends need to be trimmed off. Wow that's pretty cool. Haven't seen one in a long long time. Hand rolling shops still use them. If you go Down South to a hand rolling shops and looking around you might see on still.

[@markboyle9769]

Thats a nice job. Thats a piece of art

[@theoneandonlyowl3764]

Very nice. I could have used one of those years ago. I still have the block press I made, but cutting by hand was hell. I might put in another crop this spring. 50 grams of tobacco has reached $130AU (I started off paying less the $2). I just forked out another $600, mid video to shop online, to get me through the next month. The world has gone mad with doctors influencing everything, including govt, with things shouldn't concern them... when there are no side-effects on a patient. I've just been bombarded with liver tests, that are always fine, by a new doctor, because I drink and take a lot of paracetamol. Great vid. I'm glad these machines exist... somewhere. I would have thought it might operate better with a single grind edge, like some Japanese knives. I've no idea how commercial tobacco cutting machines work. I could be wrong, it happens, lol. Thanks for the upload.

[@nerk234]

From italy; you have every kinda of tools !!

[@jilldavies7094]

Enjoyed that very much. Thanks!

[@philb8186]

Oooh I love the sound of your drill at 2:34

[@dtroystopper2]

Ick! Do you like going to the dentist? That's what it sounded like to me.

[@philb8186]

@@dtroystopper2 No way I HATE that high pitch drill sound. This one almost sounds like an air gun or something lol

[@superdrinkerb6432]

A mob boss: "wow, a finger cutter" 😁

[@AcmeRestorations]

After attaching that sharpened blade I took real care to make sure it didn't become a finger cutter.!

[@onlyforwatchingvids2086]

I like your tools instead resto

[@hectorquinones4824]

Awsome job. Especially

[@hectorquinones4824]

Awsome job especially with the new blade

[@nafiasalimah959]

Love this,you doing everything with love and it be good thing

[@JorgeRodriguez-po7kx]

It ended up Beautiful I would use it only on Christmas Time to Cut Hard Nougat Very Nice 👍😘

[@grumpy-man]

I was thinking: "that cleaver blade is really pitted; it will look terrible." Then, of course, you sanded it down past the pitting. What an excellent restoration. New subscriber here.

[@freddieslaughter1107]

A really great job

[@mechpilot13th]

I've always liked your content but I'm glad you are making longer videos.

[@AcmeRestorations]

Cool, thanks!

[@arshpreetpreet2516]

mechpilot13th r

[@user-uz6zn8ki2m]

Прям аж самому захотелось иметь такую вещь! Очень прикольная, многофункциональная. Дети будут в восторге, если им резать шоколадные батончики или конфеты ирис. Гостям не стыдно показать антиквариат. Короче, в хозяйстве пригодится!

[@Zamestitel_Borova]

Это для сигар создано, чтобы отрезать кончик. А дети и пальцы могут себе отрезать этой штукой

[@user-uz6zn8ki2m]

@@Zamestitel_Borova А, ну да, для сигар !!! "(°=°)"

[@cassanoa]

well done sir

[@mountainviewturning5319]

Wow amazing job

[@joanlittle3899]

I didn't knw thatabout cast iron.Thanks. real hard job..Granny90

[@annettehough2792]

Haahaa love the Twix! 😉😂

[@angeljaen6467]

Aunque era para cortar tabaco,ahora puede ser usado para muchas cosas Exelente. Saludos desde Panamá.

[@890mikes]

Kit Kat bar Nice job.

[@cmmc3400]

I think this piece qualified to be molded for future use. It is beautifully crafted and so few things are these days. Bravo, I subbed, rand, thumbed.

[@andyw513]

awesome videos guys

[@ilfarmboy]

great job

[@RestorationAustralia]

Great work well done.

[@user-dv8vj7yl5k]

Вы как наркотик, один раз посмотрел и все, каждый раз ждёшь очередной красоты и мастерства.

[@user-dy2wv9cw8h]

МАСТЕРСТВО В ЧЕМ СЛОМАТЬ И ИЗГОВНЯТЬ АНТИКВАРНУЮ ВЕЩЬ ДА

[@herrdeutschmann4602]

Well Done!

[@raziel3726]

Craftsman!!

[@CelticSaint]

When things were built to last!!

[@antiidiots4541]

yea . things fighting life time and remains

[@RestorationAustralia]

You can also use this as a weapon

[@pville5548]

Nice work. Sorry to see it break, but you got it back together nicely. I would have liked to see it cut the end off a cigar through.

[@domenicocalli1967]

Wonderfull !!!!!!

[@had2galsinthebooth]

Get some marshmallows so you can make smores and interrogate enemies at the same time. Liked it.

[@sbjennings99]

Awesome informational educational video experience Y'alls

[@artbyjiggy37]

Very cool!!

[@patrickretsel7048]

Nice job on the repair....awesome....that blade needs to be a lot sharper if you want to cut tobacco.....

[@chandarussell]

This is an interesting little piece of history. It would make a fine ornament in someone’s house and an interesting conversation piece. You did a marvellous job. Well done. I’ve added you to my subscription list. What did you do with the finished piece??

[@angelallarena1259]

Genial!! 👏👏👏👏

[@fox9001]

Nice job! I would recomend working on sound on next videos... like in the sandblast part or when you were sanding with that tool (not tha manual part). Great job, though!

[@borhasa]

Красиво ! Handsomely !

[@harryb242]

That was a Kit Kat not a Twix you monster😂. Awesome restoration and talent for welding cast iron.

[@AcmeRestorations]

Thanks 👍

[@garymucher9590]

Yeah, but can it cut a frozen Chunky Candy bar... lol Nice project, Thumbs Up!

[@eurotrash2000]

Great restorations👍. Been binge watching today, but turn down volume on the grinding and blasting noises. Its cause for headaches.

[@gianluigimarino8264]

Great!

[@arshadmansoori1631]

Hard work good work

[@jenniferbeasley9966]

Cool 👍👍

[@pamelanadel3787]

Great job. New subscriber 😊

[@oneshotme]

Looks great and great job restoring it. They have videos i=on japanning here on YT. I've watched a few of them

[@AcmeRestorations]

I've watched them. Maybe for another project. Didn't seem worth the hassle for this. Thanks for watching.

[@bojidarvasilev8854]

Art finger cutter 😁

[@retireddec04]

I was waiting for a glass of milk to wash down the candy bars. Nice job! I think Black Rustoleum was a good choice. Did you use any hardener?

[@justinoliver1984]

Need to preheat cast in order to get a proper weld. Then gradually cool it.... But no more than this will be supporting, should be fine.

[@gforcekaras]

Great work as usual! Thanks for keeping it real and reminding us that we're all humans and make mistakes sometimes. May I ask why the switch from oxide to beads?

[@AcmeRestorations]

I switched to the glass beads to make it easier to video :) . Seems to have a lot less dust. Still working on improving the sandblasting. Installing a cyclone to the vacuum system this weekend, that should help a lot. Thanks for watching!

[@jeffwilliams2031]

@@AcmeRestorations And actually, I have found that glass beads do a better overall job. Seems to cut faster with less texture on the part. But glass beads don't last as long as sand and costs more.

[@homeyshlitz]

Japanning isn't gloss black but more of a satin finish really dark brown. Although with the red primer it gives it a black-ish brown look to it...maybe it's just the light? You could of used cabbage leaves for the demonstration.

[@birdnest5814]

Oh but that cutting tool that sounds just like a dentist drill😲😳

[@corbondallas5908]

Why did I feel like I was sat in a dentist's chair when he was repairing the broken bit!! Ha ha. Great workmanship though.

[@AcmeRestorations]

Corben. Corben my man. You should have been in my shoes. :)

[@corbondallas5908]

@@AcmeRestorations ha ha. Well at least the dentist doesn't take 3 hours etc... which you mentioned in the video (Though it does feel like it sometimes ha ha) Love the videos.

[@hephaestusrestorations4885]

ACME Restorations Why did you switch from aluminum oxide beads to glass beads when you were sandblasting?

[@travismcallister417]

Look amazing. I was kinda bumbed out to see the whole knife cleaning and polish then u chopped out the center. I was like AHHHHHH

[@AcmeRestorations]

LOL. It was not a quality cleaver.

[@carlosvargascardona6513]

Feliz año 😃😃😜

[@xiaomialgerie4193]

ACNE Restorations 2019

[@MrDgus]

Those were some huge pits you dug out.

[@BurnabyAlex]

5:15 welding in a magnetic field can be tricky as the magnetic field twists the arc into a spiral

[@ahmadabdelfatah843]

Good

[@gavinmclean3174]

When restoring cast iron you need to back the piece, with wood or leather to reduce the chances of breaking it and destroying any resale value. Other than that you did well.