Good call I think your right . The giveaway is the long black handle and the locating bolt is captive in a sliding slot on the rectangular bracket. Bloody horrible things to clean after use , they have dissapeared from many kitchens due to accidents when removing the blade .

The button oiler makes me think it may not be for the food industry. Just a thought.

I'm with Bo'sun on this – I can't imagine they'd expect such an amount of wear as to require an oiler on something that just adjusts the thickness of your streaky rashers.

I believe peanut oil is often used for food preparation machinery, hence the warnings on some products for those who suffer from allergic reactions to it.

Rob

As I understand it, silicon lubricants don't work too well in metal to metal applications. I think it lacks the boundary strength required to reduce metal to metal contact.