Golden curls.
For those of us like our butter slightly cold, here’s the can-do spreading tool. Its deceptively simple design can take on bricks of gold (well, butter) all thanks to those tiny perforations that’ll turn a cube into meltable curly strands. Or you can flip this mighty gizmo over and use the serrated edge to slather your toast too.
Photography by Rocky Luten & Ty Mecham
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Ginkgo
Japan
Founded in 1977, Ginkgo is all about bringing original designs to the market at the best price. Working with stainless flatware contractors from Europe to Asia, they offer a curated selection of patterns, all with time-tested roots. With designs from as early as the 1600’s, they take great joy in offering heirloom quality wares.
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Reviews for
Japanese Butter Knife
Reviews for
Japanese Butter Knife
All reviews come from Verified Purchases
Genius
I really love the knife great for bread & corn on the cob as I’m sure much more!! The only problem I had was it took time you had to go slowly but when you were finished it was great.
Not worth the cost
We are unimpressed with the butter knife. The butter has to be soft before it works properly and the whole purpose for the knife was to be able to use it with butter right out of the fridge.
Glad I finally bought this....
This knife is a huge help for those of us who forget to take the butter out of the fridge until half a minute before we need it. It’s not an absolute miracle if you’re working with very cold butter, but it helps a lot. Very glad to have made this purchase.
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