How many of us saw back and forth at our Sunday joint with a hopelessly blunt knife? Maybe you’re still using an old carver given to you as a wedding present, all those years ago? Or is that just me?
So if chopping the supper veg is becoming far harder work than it need be, let me introduce you to Any Sharp. This neat little device is both attractive and useful. It feels solid to hold and, with its Powergrip suction, can be fixed on a flat surface for safety. You just flip down the lever to fix it, 3 or 4 light strokes of the knife along the sharpeners – job done. All you need to rediscover fine, smooth-edged slices of turkey this Christmas. As a doctor I have seen far too many nasty domestic injuries in the Accident and Emergency department so this simple hands-free operation really appeals to me.
Any Sharp is pre-set at 20 degrees, which, apparently, as any knife-sharpener will tell you, is the very best angle, meaning you get a good sharp blade every time without trying.
Whatever your kitchen colour-scheme, there’s an ‘Any Sharp’ to match- with choices of Metallic Red or Purple, Bronze, Copper, Black and Light Blue. I road-tested the metallic purple. It would look nice on display but is also small enough to pop in a drawer too – the choice is yours.
So why not get into the Christmas mood, and buy the first present – for yourself. Available at Amazon plus high-street shops.
By Dr K Thompson, author of From Both Ends of the Stethoscope: Getting through breast cancer – by a doctor who knows
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