Kitchen Craft Finger Guard, Carded


My eyesight isn't very good and therefore I am not always very good with handling sharp objects especially knives. This gadget is a flexible and grippy finger guard designed to protect your fingers while cutting and slicing. The design is very simple. It has a silicon frame which is sort of 'V' shaped. On one side there is a hard protective plastic coating on the side facing outwards towards the knife. The back of it has two small finger pockets to stick your fingers into.
I think it is supposed to be held with your thumb in one finger glove and the first finger in the other. This should be suitable for people with either big or small hands.
You can then grip onto whatever you want to cut and the raised bumps on the silicon should stop food from moving about too much.


I haven't really used this much, but it isn't the fault of the gadget. It is ok for cutting thin fruit such as bananas, cucumbers and tomatoes but I am not too sure about larger items like an orange for example, as the silicon will only stretch so far. This only protects the fingers nearest to the knife so you need to remember not to go crazy with your knife.


You can get this for £5.32 + free delivery on the Amazon site. I think this is too much for such a basic gadget.


== Summary and recommendation ==
I give this 4 stars. The price on Amazon is too high I feel but apart from that this is a handy gadget for anyone who is not comfortable using knives and who may be visually impaired or have a slight problem with their hands.