Title: Useless blades -- OXO's big loser
Product review: I simply can't imagine why this tool has gotten some good reviews from newspapers and magazines. My favorite locally-owned kitchen shop quit stocking it when customer after customer had exactly the same experience noted by the low-star reviewers here: The blades aren't sharp at all. It is no exaggeration to say they are as blunt as a butter knife.You can have the straight blade sharpened, but not so with the julienne. Since a nice, even julienne is one of the only things you really can't do sufficiently with a knife, this mandoline gets a big zero from me.It's too bad, because the body and overall design are the best I've ever seen -- much better than the French all-metal ones used in commercial kitchens. I was very disappointed to have to return this, as most OXO products are definitely best in class.
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