On Feb 9, 4:19 pm, "Gil Faver" > wrote:
> "Dee Dee" > wrote in message
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> >I recently bought a Kyocera Ceramic Peeler, thinking that it might be
> > a little sharper than the one(s) I have that have been used for quite
> > a number of years. I think one of them dates back to 1986.
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> > I first peeled a med-large russet and felt that I had to bear down
> > quite a bit harder to peel a strip of potato.
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> > Next, I peeled four carrots (small-medium organic, so the carrot skin
> > wasn't hard - but still, vegetable-brushing wouldn't get off what I
> > wanted to get off).
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> > It took me several times longer to get the peel off using this new
> > ceramic peeler. The blade seemed to float on top of the carrot, maybe
> > because of the indentations in these small carrot, even though they
> > were miniscule indentations. It seemed because of these indentations
> > and the fragility of the carrots that it was not possible to bear down
> > I had done on the potatoes; and also when I tried, the peel didn't
> > seem to become thicker because of it.
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> > I am enclosing a picture of the strip results from two similar peeler
> > for carrots.
> >http://tinypic.com/358c8c0.jpg
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> > Here is a link to what the peeler looks like on-line. I DID NOT
> > purchase this peeler from this company.http://www.cutleryandmore.com/
> > details.asp?SKU=2116
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> > I wonder if anyone else has bought this and compared.
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> not me, but as long as you brought the topic up, I am wondering what type of
> peeler people prefer. I had bought a bit more expensive one that didn't
> work at all, then went back to the couple of buck all metal jobs. But, they
> fall apart on me. So, usenet, guidance and wisdom is needed . . .- Hide quoted text -
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I've had several of the harp peelers and they certainly are all
adequate in comparison to some other cheap kinds, (one of which
includes a sharp point to dig around into an apple or tomato).
About 2 years ago I bought a set of KitchenAid utensils which included
this type of peeler. I certainly like it, too, in addition to the
normal metal harp which shows on the left-hand-side of my picture.

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/se...=amd-google-20

or
http://tinyurl.com/2odjb3

It may be my imagination, but when I see this KA peeler sold
separately, that it is not a sturdy as the one in the set. I don't
know if the one in the set is as sturdy as it was.

OT: KA can opener: I do know that the KA can opener in this set rusts
very bady even NOT putting in the dishwasher and making every effort
drying well even with a hair dryer - I gave up on the cannopener.
Dee