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Nice handle design, but that's about as much as I can say for this pastry knife. The wire blades are too flexible, so they tend to bend around butter/shortening instead of cutting it. If you want something that works, buy a pastry knife with blades that are cut from a solid piece of metal, instead of individual wires.
I liked the product because the handle was more comfortable to hold than my previous one. Cold butter was hard to cut with this, and the last time I used it, one of the end tines was bending way out. After closer inspection, I saw that the plastic around the tine had just cracked apart. Some duct tape might do the trick, but no, I'm now searching for a better pastry blender.
Lately I've been replacing a few kitchen gadgets that just don't work right, and this is one of them. The wire cutters are too weak, they bend out of the way instead of blending ingredients. I don't know if all wire-style dough blenders have this problem but I think I'm going to try a bladed type.
When I tried to chop the shortening into the flour (for a pie crust), this piece of junk only SMASHED the shortening into the flour, and I couldn't create the 'pea-sized' shortening pieces that allow you to have a light, flaky crust.I do not recommend this blender at all. I was visiting a friend who didn't own a pastry cutter, so we ran to the store to get one. It ruined my pie crust. All they had was this Oxo Dough Blender, so even though I prefer a blender with blades, I bought this by default. What a mistake. I only recommend a pastry blender/cutter with BLADES that chop the shortening into the flour, or the butter into a streusel topping. Oxo actually sells a correctly bladed one (the "Oxo Good Grips Dough Blender with Blades"), so why would you buy their inferior dough blender.
We have had one of these for a couple of years and are now replacing it. the bits of plastic that surround the wires are now cracking and threatening to show up in the crust. It's not a bad example of the species. we probably got it as the best that a grocery store had to offer, but will replace it with better.
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