It certainly would be nice to have three or four independent reviews from people with knife skills.

SilverElfin 11 hours ago | parent | next [-]

If it helps, the inventor worked at other kitchen product companies like Sansaire (founder) and Anova. And at other places in the cooking world. So they’re not entirely unknown either.

	▲	dsr_ 11 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		No, that doesn't help. Product managers sometimes overhype their products. Independent. Reviews. People with knife skills. Some degree of communications ability would be nice, too.
	▲	bigyabai 11 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		The parent comment asked for a second opinion, that's not even related.

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martini333 11 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

It's not made for people with knife skills.

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saaaaaam 11 hours ago | parent [-]

It absolutely is. I’m a former chef and have great knife skills but would love one of these.

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loloquwowndueo 10 hours ago | parent | next [-]

What would it do that your current, well-maintained, very sharp knife doesn’t?

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saaaaaam an hour ago | parent | next [-]

Slice thinner and cleaner with less effort. For example the bread slicing ability — I’d love to be able to cut really thin slices of brioche to drape over things or toast. It would also be fun to play with what it might let you do that a regular knife just can’t. I don’t see this as an alternative to a regular knife, but as a different tool that would elevate garnishing.

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jitl 10 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

drop potato slices with less fuss

I’m a decent home cook with decent knife skills and i take my knives to a sharpener from time to time, I have tech job salary, I preordered. Seems neat.

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itomato 6 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Get a granton or perforated blade instead

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loloquwowndueo 10 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Ok congrats!

	▲	victorhooi 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Hmm, that seems a bit snarky =(. I don't think the parent was bragging about the salary thing - a lot of the other comments here are mentioning the price (which to be fair, is definitely in the expensive gadgets/toys bucket...) so he/she (s/g) is saying - he's just a home cook, he's got semi-decent knife skills, and he's in a position that he can afford this. And let's be honest, tech geeks are basically the target demographic for this sort of thing - as are half the gadgets on Kickstarter. Yes - we can talk all we want about carbon credits, and eWaste, and doing things the old fashioned homestead way when men were men, took cholera and dysentry on the chin, and knew how to use a whetstone, or to whistle (I can do one of those things...)... I am sorely tempted, and I'm an amateur cook at best...if even that. And truthfully, this probably won't make my food better than a $15 IKEA knife (assuming I just replace those regularly). But it may make the process more enjoyable. And the tech is cool...

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qrios 10 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

I’m a former chef too and have knife skills but, no. Overripe tomatoes, grapes, carrots, meat near cartilage? No problem at all with the right tool.