On Tue, 5 Oct 2010 17:43:03 -0700 (PDT), Lyndon Watson wrote:

> On Oct 6, 6:19*am, Thufir Hawat > wrote:
>> Why are mandoline blades different shapes? *Are "V" shaped blades better
>> for fruits? *Are horizontal blades better at slicing certain kinds of
>> food better than slanted blades?
>
> Is there any correlation between the shape of the blades and the
> length of the users' fingers?
>
> LW

<snort>

your pal,
blake