Interesting, I saw those in Lee Valley catalog (who touts everything as the best thing since sliced bread) and always wondered how well they work, especially given my less than satisfactory experience with ceramic knives. Of course they had photos of it slicing sections out of magazine neatly, now I wonder if they cut it with scissors then posed with it.
I can only say that I'm disapointed. The Slice does not cut well, its bad in straight lines and worse than horrible when cutting curves. Even the Classic cuts far better than the Slice. The blade is hidden by the shaft of the cutter, making it impossible to exactly see where one is cutting (There is a marking on the shaft giving the orientation of the blade ), this makes it almost impossible to cut accuratly.The Slice is the same price as the Scalpel (+ ~1 USD / blade) and about half the price of a classic but certainly not worth the money.
I can't see any practical use of a scalpel with this thing. As you said, you can't really cut along a ruler, plus you can't cut thicker materials (really? 1,5 mm blade? ).If this ceramic blade would be any good, I would like a normal scalpel blade made out of it. Even sell it with this hideous grip, if you have to.But I doubt it would be sharper than a SS blade.Anyway, thank you for the review Etheralicer! I also enjoy reading good reviews/discussion, even if I am not interested in the product.
Quote from: jzmtl on July 18, 2014, 03:59:49 AMInteresting, I saw those in Lee Valley catalog (who touts everything as the best thing since sliced bread) and always wondered how well they work, especially given my less than satisfactory experience with ceramic knives. Of course they had photos of it slicing sections out of magazine neatly, now I wonder if they cut it with scissors then posed with it.Maybe its just mine, maybe others will cut better. But beside the blade the whole geometry with the "hidden" blade is wrong, you don't see where you cut, it actually has a marker on the pen, so you roughly know where your blade is.*
I think a scalpel is quite dangerous, so the idea of safer alternative for schools / children is a good one.
@RT I have one of similar design, they are good but far less fun than a real scalpel
Quote from: Etherealicer on July 18, 2014, 08:35:14 AMI think a scalpel is quite dangerous, so the idea of safer alternative for schools / children is a good one.Quote from: Etherealicer on July 19, 2014, 10:25:22 PM@RT I have one of similar design, they are good but far less fun than a real scalpel You can't have your 2kg Burger and eat it, too!
we used scalpels at school to dissect things... and I'm not *that* old!