meat cutter?

[nova12]

I've found some meat cutters on ebay that are just mesh trays that go over your bsit box and you push it through by hand .
Anybody got any views on these do them in 6mm and 9mm for £4 fee postage don't seem to bad if it works?

 

[Peter Jacobs]

Those sound to me to be a little on the unsafe side - you have to use your hand to push the meat through?

i have a MAP Meat cutter with 3 different sizes of blades and believe me those things are razor sharp; I know as I've cut myself badly twice while just cleaning them.

I can understand that they are cheap but my option would be to go and get a proper, purposely designed cutter.

 

[thecrow]

If this link works ( they usually don't if I put them in) this looks like what the OP is asking about, they look ok safety wise but I wonder if they will do the job properly.

SET OF 2 , 6mm & 9mm BAIT BOX MEAT CUTTERS,MATCH,CARP,FISHING,CUTTER

Nope don't work, anybody?

 

[greenie62]

If this link works ( they usually don't if I put them in) this looks like what the OP is asking about, they look ok safety wise but I wonder if they will do the job properly.

SET OF 2 , 6mm & 9mm BAIT BOX MEAT CUTTERS,MATCH,CARP,FISHING,CUTTER

Nope don't work, anybody?

Try this: SET OF 2 , 6mm & 9mm BAIT BOX MEAT CUTTERS,MATCH,CARP,FISHING,CUTTER | eBay

 

[nova12]

They the ones yes

 

[thecrow]

Try this: SET OF 2 , 6mm & 9mm BAIT BOX MEAT CUTTERS,MATCH,CARP,FISHING,CUTTER | eBay

Thanks Mike, saved me again

 

[Lord Paul of Sheffield]

I'm with PJ on this - the MAP one is good once you get the hang of it and it BL00DY sharp

I've also had a cut when cleaning the blades so I get Her Ladyship to clean them now

 

[rayner]

I have Tilley meat cutters in 3mm and 6mm.
My other cutter cuts all sizes it's called a knife.

 

[tigger]

I have Tilley meat cutters in 3mm and 6mm.
My other cutter cuts all sizes it's called a knife.

I was gonn'a say...."what's up with a sharp knife". Useing a knife you can all sizes as you require 'em.

 

[binka]

I've got to admit that I don't use meat in a large enough quantity to require a cutter and just use a knife or the open blade of my scissors.

Now...

If someone can invent something to get the damn stuff out the tin more easily without it splitting and tearing I have money waiting

 

[Lord Paul of Sheffield]

I've got to admit that I don't use meat in a large enough quantity to require a cutter and just use a knife or the open blade of my scissors.

Now...

If someone can invent something to get the damn stuff out the tin more easily without it splitting and tearing I have money waiting

Tin opener - open both ends of tin - push with finger - that's £10 please

 

[thecrow]

I think that the fish see enough cubes of meat, maybe they would prefer some that have been torn off the lump instead.

 

[wanderer]

I've got to admit that I don't use meat in a large enough quantity to require a cutter and just use a knife or the open blade of my scissors.

Now...

If someone can invent something to get the damn stuff out the tin more easily without it splitting and tearing I have money waiting

Just warm the tin up and the grease will do the rest.

 

[robtherake]

I've got to admit that I don't use meat in a large enough quantity to require a cutter and just use a knife or the open blade of my scissors.

Now...

If someone can invent something to get the damn stuff out the tin more easily without it splitting and tearing I have money waiting

Take the bottom of the tin off as well and push it out, or put the tin in hot water for a few minutes to melt the fat a little and it should slide out more easily.

 

[iannate]

Those sound to me to be a little on the unsafe side - you have to use your hand to push the meat through?

Can you use the bait box lid to push the meat through?

I think that the 'proper ones' are a bit on the expensive side

 

[robtherake]

Can you use the bait box lid to push the meat through?

I think that the 'proper ones' are a bit on the expensive side

A small piece of plywood with a handle screwed on?

 

[Poshpaul (Angling Trust and PaSC)]

Can verify one of PJ's bloody episodes!!! "They are dashed sharp"....that's roughly the only "translation" that will not get us barred!

Got to say I'm old school - push meat out of tin...and cut some in various sizes and rip the rest into bits.

PJ can be "old school" but he does love his gadgets.....especially his new stick-on thumb and fingers set!:thumbs:

 

[rayner]

Another way of cutting meat is to cut it in thin slices and shove through a maggot riddle.

 

[Jim Crosskey 2]

I guess the question here is what the intended outcome of the meat is.

So for barbell fishing - where I need big hookbaits but will actually feed very little in the way of other bits of meat - I tend to cut the bait up into strips at home, then tear off chunks approx. 1 inch square to use on the hair. Like Crow says, a torn edge has a certain appeal.

For fishing for carp on a lake where I might be inclined to feed a bit... most likely i'll cube it up at home with a knife. That said, I will look still look for a bit of variety in size.

To me, the "cutter" in question just seems to be a large meshed riddle. Given that you still need to cut it in to slices in the first place (i.e. get a knife out at home) then it doesn't seem to be offering that same accuracy that the MAP one would give you?