Anyone that follows my posts would know that I spend a lot of time in the kitchen preparing food. Time spent is therapeutic, a source of both comfort and joy in creating a good meal. My mother taught me how to cook starting some 70 years ago. And mashed potatoes was always a mainstay,, making them twice a week ever since. Since I was on my own. I have been looking for Mother's style potato masher at flea markets, garage sales, and second hand stores. No success. Yet today all my family and friends say that I make the world's best mashed potatoes. When I returned from Florida a package arrived from my younger sister that just had cancer surgery and refuses any further treatment. A heart felt note was inside saying, “That I deserve owning my mother's masher and saw to it that I received it.” I have to fight back the tears from the note, and even typing this post. Everyone knows that I hold dear old school tools, particularly once used by my family and friends.
Wizard Potato Masher made by Merit Products Company in Niles, Ohio. Just a few miles from my parents home town. The company is no longer around. Best that I could find it was made from 1945 to 1950... I cleaned up the oxidation and sanded, stained, and put automotive clear coat on the wood handle. There's not a better potato masher made today. And cannot wait to have it returned to service!