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After using this cheese slicer, pre-sliced cheese from grocery stores will be a thing of the past! Easily adjusts for thick or thin slices depending on your preference. Consistently cut evenly and easily every time! Perfect for parties when serving cheese platters or sandwiches for lunch. Includes extra stainless steel cutting wire. Made of heavy duty zinc alloy. Hand washing recommended.
Norpro was founded in 1973 with a vision to design, manufacture, and supply the highest caliber kitchenware. Norpro’s offering of innovative, high quality product for cooking, preparing and serving food are produced with superior materials and craftsmanship.
Chrystal Kay
Reviewed in the United States on August 4, 2015
I received a KitchenAid wide cheese slicer for Christmas. And it was great! That is, until it broke where the neck met the handle. So I purchased this one. It is considerably shorter in the handle than the other one, and a lot heavier. [KA handle is about 6" and Norpro is about 3 1/2".] It might take a couple days to get used to it, but I like 2 things already. The wire goes all the way down to the surface you are cutting on. and you can set the size of the slices without worrying about changing the angle of the handle to vary the thickness. You will need a cutting board though, as the slicer seems to need to be almost perpendicular to the slice you are cutting.It also comes with an extra wire, that is nice, as long as I don't loose it by putting it in a 'safe place'. All in all, I think it is a really good slicer for the 5# chunks I buy at Smart and Final. Knives, just don't cut it! [Pun intended].Update: Several months and a lot of cheese later, I would give this more than 5 stars! Excellent, I am so glad I purchased this! It's substantial heft is no lie. It is as strong and stable as it feels. If you slice a LOT of cheese, you Have to get this one!Update 5/10/16Alas, I think I am just too much of a cheese eater. This one finally gave out too after 10 months of daily use on the large chubs of cheese. You can't be in a hurry to slice them and I usually push faster then I should. But with smaller chubs and proper use it should last a lot longer than mine did. I am buying another one because I like it so much.
Rob
Reviewed in the United States on November 25, 2014
This cheese slicer works really well. It sure beats the old rickety one my mother had in her kitchen drawer, and it certainly dominates any knife for this same job. Comes with a spare slicing wire as well, which is pretty cool.At first I liked the heavy weight, but because all of that weight is on the rotating cylinder the tool is off balance, and the handle itself is a little too small to get a good solid grip sometimes, especially if you're cooking and have greasy fingers. The brass screws and stainless roller do discolor with washing, and the screws are difficult to tighten enough without a screw driver because they're so tiny. You will likely do the same as I did and adjust them to your preference and leave them set that way anyway. I don't find the need to adjust thickness, as I eat all of my cheeses this same way.Overall, in spite of its shortcomings, I'm still very happy with the purchase because none of the problems are killers for me. The construction is very sturdy and I don't ever see the need to buy another one. That's pretty awesome considering the low price of this item.
Spydie
Reviewed in the United States on December 15, 2011
I know some buyers had bad reviews of this, but most of them were childish and un-realistic. I got mine today and I have to say I'm glad I spent $9 instead of $17 for the other brand of stainless steel one. This one is chrome plated pot metal and I'm sure it's just as sturdy as the SS one, although I'm a big fan of stainless steel. However, SS is designed for items that will get a lot of wear in usual conditions. A cheese slicer doesn't get a lot of wear for most people... it's used occasionally. This one isn't going to wear out just because it's not made of SS. The roller is aluminum and the adjustments that hold it in place are brass. The wire is stainless steel and the blocks on the end of the wires that hold it in place are brass. All high quality metal. Some reported the adjusting knobs were stripped or didn't hold. I find them to be of very high quality material, not stripped out, very good threads, and I suggest only hand-tighten. They have screwdriver slots in the ends, but I wouldn't tighten brass with a screwdriver as it is a soft material and might strip out. It comes with a spare cutting wire, although it would be easy to make your own. The adjustments work perfectly. The wire is offset so that it rests below the roller for a clean cut on a countertop (some people complained that some of the cheese slicer's rollers didn't allow the wire to go all the way to the countertop. This model is designed right and it does allow for that). Some people complained of the cheese sticking to the wire and/or roller. That all depends on the type of cheese you are cutting and you can alleviate that by spraying the roller with Pam. The wire still gathered cheese for me, but all my wires cutters do on extra sharp cheddar cheese.
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