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Old 04-22-2024, 02:15 PM
 
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Or maybe they bake their own bread and love toast. The knife guide helps them produce slices that always fit in the toaster!
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Old 04-23-2024, 10:04 AM
 
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You have to wonder who has such poor manual dexterity they need a depth gauge for a bread knife. And why is it important, anyway? So what if your bread slices aren't perfectly uniform in thickness? If you need perfectly uniform slice thickness, buy your bread already sliced.

A solution looking for a problem that doesn't exist in real life.
Never met any blind people who like homemade bread? Never met anyone with T.D.?

Crutches almost always have a purpose.
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Old 04-24-2024, 08:29 PM
 
Location: SF Bay Area
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I have to get one of those. I can't draw a straight line and my bread cutting skills are even worse.
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Old 04-24-2024, 10:12 PM
 
Location: Mid-Atlantic
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Never met any blind people who like homemade bread? Never met anyone with T.D.?

Crutches almost always have a purpose.
T.D.? Toast Disorder?
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Old 04-25-2024, 09:05 AM
 
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T.D.? Toast Disorder?
Tardive dyskinesia. Also with similar effects slicing bread - P.D. (Parkinson's Disease and tremors)

However, the inebriated at a wedding reception might indeed have toast disorder that would keep them from slicing bread evenly.
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Old 04-25-2024, 01:17 PM
 
Location: Dessert
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I used to make my own bread. Got tired of crooked slices, and bought a slicing guide. It determined the thickness of the slice, kept the knife at a 90° angle from the board, and the slices parallel.
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Old 04-29-2024, 08:40 PM
 
Location: Sandy Eggo's North County
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Uneven bread cuts may have "scorch spots" when toasted.

A cutting gauge minimizes this.

Similar to a fence, on a table saw. If you desire "uniform" you've got to have guidance.
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Old 04-30-2024, 12:04 PM
 
Location: Lost in Montana *recalculating*...
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You have to wonder who has such poor manual dexterity they need a depth gauge for a bread knife. And why is it important, anyway? So what if your bread slices aren't perfectly uniform in thickness? If you need perfectly uniform slice thickness, buy your bread already sliced.

A solution looking for a problem that doesn't exist in real life.
That's a really snarked up remark. People with disabilities use tools like this. People without disabilities use tools like this. My wife bakes bread and she uses a bread slicing 'box'. We've had it for over 30 years.
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Old 04-30-2024, 12:07 PM
 
Location: On the Chesapeake
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I have to get one of those. I can't draw a straight line and my bread cutting skills are even worse.
We have something like this:
https://www.walmart.com/ip/Qenwkxz-B...iABEgJ-YfD_BwE
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Old Today, 11:10 AM
 
Location: Anchorage
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You have to wonder who has such poor manual dexterity they need a depth gauge for a bread knife. And why is it important, anyway? So what if your bread slices aren't perfectly uniform in thickness? If you need perfectly uniform slice thickness, buy your bread already sliced.

Me.


Look up essential tremor. There are days I won't go near a knife. And, yes, I mostly buy pre-sliced bread.


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That's a really snarked up remark. People with disabilities use tools like this. People without disabilities use tools like this. My wife bakes bread and she uses a bread slicing 'box'. We've had it for over 30 years.

Agree.
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