Our readers came up with some great guesses: antique paper cutter, bread cutter, a draw knife for shaving wood, tobacco slicer, a block knife for cutting wooden shingles, a meat cutter, a clogger ...

Black antique paper cutter; missing a handle, cutting blade and mounted motor; name plate mounted on the rear reads “Chandler & Price Co. N.Y. State Dept. of Labor Approval Number 2144” Credit Line ...

Grove Street Press co-owners Kate Wyman, left and Anna Boyer, stand with an antique paper cutter at their 521 St. Joseph Street business in the New Orleans Warehouse District Monday, June 23, 2014.