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Toastmaster 6102 Electric Knife
8 inch stainless steel serrated blades comfort-grip handle convenient thumb-tip control button blade release button
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Toastmaster 6102 Electric Knife Reviews
The Toastmaster electric knife is great, especially for adults with small hands. This is the biggest drawback of the Toastmaster it's blades are shorter than other models. However, all the manufacturers would be wise to lengthen the knives to the size they were decades ago and charge a few more bucks. Thus, it is difficult to grasp the knife. The Toastmaster's handle makes for easy holding during use. Most of the current models of other electric knives don't have a handle to grasp; and because the outside of the knife is smooth, it is quite slippery.
Brand new, still in the wrapper. Excellent clean cuts. Not exactly what it's made for. Although I must confess, I'm using it to cut foam wedges (up to 8 " thick) for upholstery cushions.
I received my shipment in record speed timing. It works perfectly, doesn't get hot after long non-stop cutting. but then again, I'm a vegetarian.
Works beautifully.
4 stars because the blades are not quite as stiff as I would like, but it works very nicely.
After 20 years, my old one was putting up a struggle. We only pull it out twice a year, Chistmas and Thanksgiving, but it's great to have one sharp and ready to go again.
There's no way to hold this at a proper angle with the handle shaped as it is. 2 stars for effectiveness; minus 3 for bad functional design. First, the switch: Because it is a cheap push-in button, which must be constantly depressed to keep the knife on, you lose optimum control quickly. Okay, I bought for the price.
The handle is badly placed for this, as your thumb must always be on TOP of the handle and forward toward the front of it, but you can't hold your hand up there because your wrist angle will be completely wrong for cutting. But it is very clumsy and unergonomic, so that after a couple minutes of use it is difficult to handle any longer. Add in the need to be depressing the power button as you're holding it awkwardly, and. Moreover, as you're pushing it in, if the food you're cutting is moist (like a turkey), juices may run onto the handle, your thumband into the hole into which you're pressing the button. Then the weight distribution of the knife is not very good. And it is effective enough.
In addition, keeping that button depressed is difficult not only because it does require a constant application of pressure at a different direction from both the grasp and the application of the knife, but because the button sinks deep into the handle, so your thumb is inside the handle as you're trying to hold and control the knife: Quick cramp. Look at the huge bulk of the motorand then look at where the handle is located, and how it is designed. NOT safe. A couple times I've wondered whether that shooting pain in my thumb was from nerve torture or electric shock; either way, it wasn't good. The main problems are: Balance of weight, and the switch.
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