Review on 🥖 Mure & Peyrot Bread Lame, French-Made Model Bordelaise, Best Dough Scoring Tool with Secure Locking Mechanism, Includes Protective Cover and Blade, Trusted Brand Est. 1904 by Michael Alves

This crap is better than nothing. The loaf will cut easily and cleanly if held at EXACTLY the optimum angle. However, the design limits the depth of the cut to just over an eighth of an inch no matter how you hold it, which is too shallow to create a "grip" (where one side of the cut forms a wing). like a flap deep enough to use as a handle to lift a loaf). If you try to cut deeper, the plastic piece holding the blade pulls toward the dough, leaving ugly jagged torn ridges in the dough. Almost certainly ALL the bad reviews stating this item isn't sharp enough (the double-edged razor blade that this and virtually all llamas use is the sharpest blade most of us will ever come across, sharp enough to put the cutting off fingertips before you even realize what's happening) actually complain because they were trying to cut deeper than they were supposed to, and although the razor blade cut cleanly through the dough, the plastic went behind it, pulling the sharp slice into the jagged wound . I did the same thing many times before figuring out what the actual problem was. Unfortunately, a notch depth of 1/8" just isn't enough. After a lot of searching, I found a near-perfect plate, but it's handmade by serious home bakers in the Netherlands and is only available direct from them. . Known as the Weekend Bakery, are They are an AMAZING resource for all things bread making. Just google the title or put two words together and put a period after them and then search their online store. It's a couple named Marieke and Ed (Ed is lame) and they are very friendly, knowledgeable and helpful and they read and write in English like me. Their fantastic and beautiful website is in both Dutch and English. Including shipping to the US, their record costs less (only 9.45 euros, which is a bit Equivalent to more than twelve dollars. It is made of wood and is much more versatile than this item. With a replaceable blade and infinitely adjustable blade attachment position. like an inch or more into the dough if you will, and there's nothing to dull an incredibly sharp blade when it's actually the plastic holder that's making the mess. It's such a simple tool that I'm amazed it's not mass-produced somewhere, but when it is, it's a very well-kept secret. Right now the only place I know where you can get something like this is the wonderful folks at Weekend Bakery.