I've been looking for a bread slicing guide with the following characteristics:

* Compact storage (foldable)
* Selectable slice width
* Washable

I don't eat that much bread, so one slice at a time is OK. This one from Amazon looks as though it fits my requirements:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d...L5Rov89nL&ref=plSrch

Do any of you have experience with this guide? Or have a recommendation for some other guide that fits my requirements?

That looks like the best thing since sliced bread and Wheaties.

Be sure to purchase the $2.75 two year service plan amazon offers on it.

did not know these existed.

You mock it now, but just wait until your guests are marveling at the uniformity of your sandwiches.

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Originally posted by MNSIG:
You mock it now, but just wait until your guests are marveling at the uniformity of your sandwiches.

Then they think you used presliced bread instead of freshly sliced artisan loaf from the nonGMO bakery.

Lose-lose.

Just use a bread knife.

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Originally posted by Skins2881:
Then they think you used presliced bread instead of freshly sliced artisan loaf from the nonGMO bakery.

Lose-lose.

Just use a bread knife.

Only if you bring it out already sliced. Every real sandwich artist knows that the guests should be assembled around the kitchen island while the bread is being sliced. (Extra points if you have copper pots hanging from the ceiling)

I've been making/eating solely homemade bread for years and have tried many different types of slicing guides. Some are better than others, but to be honest, none of them really worked all that well, even with a bread (serrated) knife.

What I have found works the best is just an electric knife and guide it with your finger. Once you do a few loaves you'll get the hang of it and you'll consistently get even slices. Just takes a little practice.

The real key is not smushing down the loaf as you are slicing and an electric knife does this very well.

I have seen these sort of things for bagel. Apparently a lot of people slice themselves really bad cutting bagels.
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Skip the gadgets and just get yourself a good slicing knife. I've had a Victorinox Fibrox serrated slicer for 20+ years now and it's great, discovered them in culinary school.


You SAW with it gently and let the sawing motion and the knife blade do the work, and don't press down and you'll have perfect slices:

Use the Force, Luke.... and a good bread knife.

I feel like a barbarian. I have been tearing hunks off with my fingers for years.

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Originally posted by HayesGreener:
I feel like a barbarian. I have been tearing hunks off with my fingers for years.

Hell I don't think I've seen un-sliced bread before

Haha, the reviews say to use a knife.

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Originally posted by PASig:
Skip the gadgets and just get yourself a good slicing knife. I've had a Victorinox Fibrox serrated slicer for 20+ years now and it's great, discovered them in culinary school.


You SAW with it gently and let the sawing motion and the knife blade do the work, and don't press down and you'll have perfect slices:

Thanks, but I have a good Japanese Tojiro bread knife that goes through bread very easily without mashing the bread. It doesn't create many crumbs, either. It has a really sharp serrated edge.

But my slices are somewhat variable in width, and tend to be a bit wedge shaped. I just don't eat enough bread to develop slicing expertise, so want to try a guide.

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Originally posted by PASig:
Skip the gadgets and just get yourself a good slicing knife. I've had a Victorinox Fibrox serrated slicer for 20+ years now and it's great, discovered them in culinary school.


You SAW with it gently and let the sawing motion and the knife blade do the work, and don't press down and you'll have perfect slices:

Beat me to it.

This looks like the UPLULA of bread slicing. Having read your previous posts about food, I believe you have pretty exact requirements for what you eat. So sure. Group buy? J/K
Seriously, my wife has started baking whole wheat bread again. It's so much better than store-bought, but uneven slices make sandwiches more awkward. I can see how this could help.

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Originally posted by MNSIG:

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Originally posted by Skins2881:
Then they think you used presliced bread instead of freshly sliced artisan loaf from the nonGMO bakery.

Lose-lose.

Just use a bread knife.

Only if you bring it out already sliced. Every real sandwich artist knows that the guests should be assembled around the kitchen island while the bread is being sliced. (Extra points if you have copper pots hanging from the ceiling)

oh goddd. You literally just painted a picture of my kitchen

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Originally posted by PASig:
Skip the gadgets and just get yourself a good slicing knife. I've had a Victorinox Fibrox serrated slicer for 20+ years now and it's great, discovered them in culinary school.


You SAW with it gently and let the sawing motion and the knife blade do the work, and don't press down and you'll have perfect slices

This, it's one of the most useful knives I own.

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Originally posted by Gustofer:
What I have found works the best is just an electric knife and guide it with your finger.

The problem is, eventually you run out of fingers.

Get one of these, then you can slice your own deli meat as well - I got one for my homemade bacon, use it on smoked hams as well as occasional loaves of bread (serrated blade which comes with it works well for bread, the non-serrated blade is better for meat/cheese).

Electric Slicer