Stainless Steel Butter Spreader, Butter Knife - 3 in 1 Kitchen Gadgets (2 Set)

Would like the edge a little sharper

After a month of use I'm downgrading from a 4 to a 3 because I've stopped using the knife. It makes butter curls like in the photo -- but at the price of completely mangling the butter stick and making bread-buttering a mentally taxing activity. If you are specifically after curly butter, then great; this is the knife for you. If all you want is an easy way to spread cold butter so it will melt nicely on your toast...this is not the answer you're looking for. It takes too much technique to get good curls, then spread them on the bread without mashing them back together or gouging a hole in the bread with the open tip of the knife. The stick of butter gets progressively more and more deformed as you use it; the top starts to "mushroom" and the ends don't get scraped as much as the middle, which forms a saddle. With about 1/6 of the butter stick left, you can no longer make a good pass, nor hold onto it anywhere to properly resist the action of the knife. And this is assuming you have a dedicated stick of butter just for spreading. If someone else has cut out a sloppy chunk of butter, it's even harder to make a clean pass. I'm using refrigerated butter. I've found that I can make my own thin "shavings" that melt just fine on toast using a "normal" knife at a very low angle. I guess I'm grateful that this knife taught me the fine motor control required to finally be able to never use it again?My original review below:The finish is smooth and seems durable, while the knife is solid with good weight, and very stiff. Which is good, because you need to use firm pressure with it for good results.I'm about halfway through my first stick of (refrigerated, not frozen) butter with this tool and I'm getting the hang of it. There is definitely a knack to its use, which requires modulating pressure and adding a slight turn in the wrist as you progress down the stick of butter, along with a one-way "sawing" motion so that you start with the holes nearest the base of the blade touching the butter and end with the ones near the tip. This prevents the curls from getting so long that they break off, and lets them fan out so that when you apply them to the bread, they don't just smash back together into a non-melting blob. Your first few strokes will leave divots in the butter that ruin every subsequent stroke until your technique improves. If someone in your household is a "sloppy butter cutter" who gouges haphazardly and leaves mangled butter sticks in their wake, you will have a frustrating time using this tool on those ragged surfaces.This would all be fine, except for the large hole at the tip. While having a "3 in 1" tool is a clear marketing advantage, I have no use for this larger butter curler, but it makes the act of actually buttering bread destructive, tending to tear and rip the bread itself if you use the knife to spread in any direction other than "broadside". This matters particularly because the very best motion for putting the curled butter onto the bread evenly and "laying down" so it will actually melt involved drawing the blade lengthwise (in the direction of the handle). This lays the butter curls down nicely but rips the bread with this hole.The shaving/curling action could be a lot smoother and require less pressure if the holes were cut at an angle, or with an actual chamfer, the way the serrated edge is. Instead, they are cut straight through, perpendicular to the blade. But this would be more difficult to manufacture and might introduce a left/right handedness to the design.I think the "perfect" version of this tool would have neither the serrations nor the single hole at the tip, but rather a set of curling/shaving holes along both edges, made at an angle to the blade so that they actually sliced without requiring so much force. This could be done so one side is lefty and the other is righty. It wouldn't be as "idiot proof"...but it would work very well. That'd be a 5-star butter knife.

Makes using hard butter easy. The curls of butter are fun & can be arranged decorative manner. My grandson likes using the knife & is glad to help me.

I love this butter spreader. At first I was baffled at how to properly use it. I watched the video provided in the descriptive portion on the product page & then I was set. This isn’t made to cut pieces of butter & spread it on toast or bread. It’s made to use the holes within the knife to pick the butter up off the top of the stick as my picture shows. That’s a hard stick of butter fresh from my refrigerator. Once I slowly spread it over the top I was set to spread it on my toast. I don’t use force. I gently pick it up & spread it. The knife is sturdy & cleans perfectly in the dishwasher. I’ve had it for over a year & it still looks brand new. This is genius & it’s a gem I found on Amazon. I do recommend it. Watch the video & you’ll be set on how to properly use it!

It's a very solid stainless steel knife. It works great on butter straight from the fridge by skimming off curls of butter which are easy to spread on bread/toast.

Works great to spread butter

Awesome knife. Works as described!

Before I bought this I got enticed by a lookalike product that was less expensive. It was horrible. The blade was thick and all it did was smush the cube of butter. The holes wouldn't produce curls since it was too thick to actually 'slice' into the butter at an angle, no matter how flat you held it. I quickly returned it and bought this one, fingers crossed it would do what the video showed (now I'm wondering if the video hadn't been copied for the other product since no amount of working with it had the same outcome!). Amazing! It truly glides through the butter and creates curls, as advertised! The only trouble, if you can call it that, is when spreading butter with the serrated side it has a tendency to fill the large and smaller holes with butter. I've learned that this is actually a bonus because you can then flip it over and place the large and small curls on another part of the bread! This means using less butter overall as it distributes the thicker portions to areas that aren't buttered yet. Bottom line - don't get fooled by the copycats, buy the original and save yourself the frustration and time returning an unusable product!

Maybe there is a knack to it, but I found this very unhelpful in spreading cold butter. Then it churns up the bread or toast too. I wish this worked, but it’s just not good at doing the only thing it was created for.

Ok so this thing is good,But not as an every day butter knife as it would/does fill with toast crumbs which personally I think is kinda gross.It’s great to have when you forget to take a new block of butter out and need to spread some. Took a bit to really get the hang of it. You need the right angle in order to get the right “cheese noodle” effect.

This just scrapes the butter which can be done with any knife. The description shows the butter curling through the holes on the edge which would make a nice way to serve it. But it doesn’t work that way. Save your money!

I love how you can shave or curl the butter into shapes and is very well made. Took awhile to receive. Glad I ordered it!

This is a great product . You can apply butter with this knife and it doesn't tear up your bread when you smooth it out. Great value for the price.