...stylish, well-constructed, and almost completely useless as a cutting instrument. I cannot even begin to fathom what this product's designers were thinking when they decided on the blade design. If you doubt how important an angled blade is try cutting something, anything, by pushing a knife blade through it without pulling it back and forth as you cut. There are a few things it cut acceptably well before the blade dulled by the 3rd or 4th use, but virtually everything came out as if cut by a rusty lawnmower. Prospective buyers would be better off buying the cheapest angled or V-bladed mandolin they can find than purchasing this product. I have used mandolins in commercial kitchens for over a decade and have never come across one as useless as this.