DIY Bread slicing ?

How long is your bread knife? Longer (14") is easier to "sight" down the blade, and no worries about "bottoming out"

And is it a proper, sharp bread knife?

We cut ours with a knife, but it's difficult to get thin, even slices. Is that your concern?

I have a feeling this is a "what is your budget" questions...

Go full ninja ...

I guess for the price, this one isn't adjustable. 12mm thick slices. Putting the bread back in the bag afterwards could be a problem. If slicing a baguette it might not work very well. It is more likely expecting a rectangular kind of loaf. Like "Wonder Bread" shaped. Artisan loaves are a bit more variable in cross section, near the end of the loaf.

Commercial machines, in a bread plant, have adjustable spacing, so you can change the pitch. You can tell this sometimes, from the slicing mistakes the machines make.

That machine at least, is not one of those "spacer-gadgets". But, it's not cheap.

Bread knives, many of them are not all that good. Our official bread knife back home, had a serrated edge. It seemed to be designed to cut a "dry" loaf. It would not have been happy cutting a "doughy" loaf. But one other slicing method you might consider, is a "carving knife" use for cutting breast meat from a roast turkey.

We put the electric carving knife to all sorts of purposes. I believe we used one of the blade pair (unplugged from the electric handle) as a manual bread knife. And that cut better than the "official" bread knife, which never got used really. The "official" bread knife, created too much crumb waste.

Paul

Bread slicing templates abound

It's worth reading the one-star reviews.

Basically, yes. Quite happy to buy a "decent" bread knife of any dimensions.

Hmmm 8".

Maybe it is as simple as that ?

Christ, aren't they illegal now :-)

Definitely sharp - and a proper curvy-wavy serrated blade.

WTAF !?

:)

Youtube videos?

How far do you live from a Supermarket/Bread shop?

He makes it look like hard work.

Especially if you immediately freeze a loaf and only defrost slices when needed, so you have to do the whole loaf in one go.

It's a do-able bus ride. Shame to have to make it for a singular item.

No bread shops here. Or butchers. Or greengrocers. Loads of places with those words in the title, but on inspection only if you want whatever Greggs call "bread", pre-packed meat, or one variety of potato.

There's a reason the high street is dying.

Try making your own "frame"...

Use a breadboard, and a piece of hardwood the thickness you want the bread slice to be (anything from 10 - 25mm wide and around 40cm long). Cut it in half, and stick each half to the breadboard with double-sided sellotape, parallel to each other, and just over the width of the bread apart. Place the bread vertically on the board, and slice each piece using breadknife horizontally with the wood pieces as a thickness guide.

If it's going to be permanent, perhaps consider glue instead of the sticky tape.