Sabatier West Blade Handheld Manual Rotary Grater with Patented Stainless Steel Flake Grating Drum, 11.5-Inch, Black Review

Mine came without a protective case. My guess is that items near the grater could be easily damaged if kept in a drawer if they touch the surface of the grate. It is very sharp and the bi-directional blade design leaves many unavoidable sharp edges.

This is a well made parmesan grater. It grates the cheese into small, paper-thin slices rather than sticks, which is pretty cool and allows the cheese to breathe and take on great flavor. I really wish they had some kind of trigger to keep it closed better. It disassembles for easy cleaning and storage.

It uses a unique blade that can work with nuts and chocolate but struggles with something like ginger. If I use it regularly I don't think it would last long. Too much plastic. I've had a hard time judging these things online. If I get something like this, I think it's better to see it up close.

It doesn't really scratch but does shave off small bits. That is, until it stops working. You have to press the top with your thumb and it's really uncomfortable. In the end he didn't have enough strength to push the cheese through and he broke my hand. I wouldn't say it's the worst product I've ever bought, but it's definitely in the top 10.

Terrible I didn't believe my wife and ended up having to throw it away and buy another model. I didn't grate it, just pureed it a bit. I'm 6ft 200lbs and I had to push myself so hard my thumbs hurt and even then it didn't work. It may work better with VERY dry cheese, which is drier than parmigiano cheese.

The 'gear' in this grater rotates the metal cylinder so slowly that you exercise every time you grate hard cheese. You have to do many, many spins to get enough grated cheese. I'm going back to the old fashioned flat grater which is much faster and also easier to use and clean.

I bought this to grate parmesan cheese. Upon opening, I saw that the product is high quality and high quality. But the result of the grid was not what I expected. The flakes were about 1/4" x 1/4", too big for the parmesan to sprinkle over the Italian pasta. The description doesn't specifically say it's for grating cheese, but you'd think the overall design would do for the purpose. Almost all other similarly designed products have 2 different cereal drums; one for large and one for small…