Just dropped $300 on a new mandoline and I'm already down a thumbnail

I got the fancy one with the ceramic blade for perfect veg prep, but the guard slipped on a sweet potato yesterday. The cut is clean but man, it stings. What's your go-to trick for keeping your fingers safe on a mandoline?

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derekward27d ago

Man, that stings just reading it... I got cut resistant gloves after the second time I nicked myself and honestly they feel weird at first but you get used to em. @taylor668 is right about the mandoline tax though, it's like a rite of passage in the kitchen. I notice it's the same pattern with a lot of tools in life, you pay the price in skin or frustration before you learn the trick. Like using a box grater, no one warns you about the knuckle zone until it's too late.

taylor6681mo ago

My trick is just accepting the mandoline tax, my fingertips are permanently scared lol.

price.tara1mo ago

Permanently scared fingertips sounds like a bad deal though. You can get cut resistant gloves for like five bucks and keep all your skin.