Any veg peelers out there that aren't a giant PITA to sharpen due to design?
Sharpen-able Peeler?
- Thread starter HumbleHomeCook
- Start date
Help Support Kitchen Knife Forums:
Well, some vietnamese vegetable peeler (cai bao?) might be easier if you get one that come apart. However, it might not work for your peeling style due to their size.
Don't wave it around in front of the police though.
Don't wave it around in front of the police though.
Lansky Crock sticks?
Yeah, Sal shows how you can use a Sharpmaker rod and I've used sandpaper but it just always feel clunky and half-assed.
I am pretty happy with this Cutco peeler of all things. Probably 20 years old. Never sharpened. Maybe in another 20 years I'll pop the blade out and flip it over so I'll have a fresh bevel.
I've used the corner of a stone and then some sandpaper to sorta deburr the backside under the "hood". Works okay but nothing great.
natto
Senior Member
natto
Senior Member
for asparagus
The thickness of cuts can be adjusted with some knives of this type. Some cooks need less than a minute to peel a pund. I don't know whether the contests in spring are made anymore.
The thickness of cuts can be adjusted with some knives of this type. Some cooks need less than a minute to peel a pund. I don't know whether the contests in spring are made anymore.
Last edited:
DitmasPork
Senior Member
Good question! I’ve been using the colorful Kuhn Rikon peelers—disposing them when unusably dull. They typically last me at least a few years.
As an even more off-the-wall solution: tawashi.
Scrub the peel, then eat the peel.
Scrub the peel, then eat the peel.
I would be happy if you could just get replacement blades for the Kuhn Rikon style Swiss peelers, but as Stringer pointed out, I'm not sure if mine will ever go dull, not having any issues yet. I did pick up a fancy Stainless steel version from Korin a while back.
If google-translate can be trusted: "prevents unpleasant surprises at the table"
Hate those aspargus surprises!
DitmasPork
Senior Member
Soooo many options out there! I like the Racheal Ray 'Toothbrush/Veg Peeler Combo.'
Rosle "Y" peeler will change your world.
"$30 for a peeler - are you effin nuts???" Well, that's a given. And I have two of them.
"$30 for a peeler - are you effin nuts???" Well, that's a given. And I have two of them.
tostadas
Hobbyist / Craftsman
Keith Sinclair
Senior Member
That's a major peeler. I've peeled thousands of pineapples. High asemm. say 80/20 grind Japanese gyuto works best.
I started using a yo deba for pineapples after seeing Theory's video. Granted, I haven't peeled thousands of the things (or even tens) but it does a great job.
- Joined
- Jul 4, 2012
- Messages
- 1,937
- Reaction score
- 3,558
It's not just the peeler, you have to pay attention to technique. Like this guy:
abeinspace
New Member
Personally I decided to go the other way for now. My local Korean markets have ceramic Y peelers. Seems like the perfect application for ceramic blades to me so far.
I had one I loved for a while. I think it was a Kyocera. I broke it eventually. But I enjoyed it while it lasted.
Same thing happened to me. I got about 4 yrs of home use.
Jovidah
I'll make you a sponsor offer you can't refuse...
Not very sustainable... but my favorite is actually one that's really cheap, so I just... use them until they either go dull or I end up accidentally throwing one out together with the peels (not too proud to admit that already happened twice). What can I say; these are like three bucks to four bucks. 
Actually prefer them over the noticably more expensive stuff I tried (like Oxo).
It's these ones. They show up under other brandnames as well (probably just rebranded version of this one).
REX — ZENA • First in Peelers
Zena Swiss Rex Dunschiller, € 3,50
Actually prefer them over the noticably more expensive stuff I tried (like Oxo).It's these ones. They show up under other brandnames as well (probably just rebranded version of this one).
REX — ZENA • First in Peelers
Zena Swiss Rex Dunschiller, € 3,50
abeinspace
New Member
More in the, "helping in the way I was asked" vein, I've seen these in a lot of Chinese grocery stores here in the US: Alibaba Manufacturer Directory They appear to be designed to be sharpenable, as they have much, much thicker steel. You won't be able to do it on a whetstone or anything, but I'd imagine with some sandpaper, or the right files it would be about as much of a pain as a serrated knife. So, doable.
