Knife Glider Takes the “Ouch” Out of Food Preparation

Cuts in the kitchen are a common occurrence. Even professional butchers, some of the world’s most experienced knife handlers, use chain-mail gloves to protect their hands from injury that can range from painful and inconvenient to crippling. Home cooks probably don’t have access to professional butchers’ gloves, but now there’s The Knife Glider, an easy-to-use plastic shield that protects hands and makes slicing and chopping fast, easy, and, most important, safe.

The Knife Glider from Brilliant Inventors LLC fits any size knife, from the smallest paring knife to a full-size butcher’s blade. The tough plastic is BPA-free and dishwasher safe. It’s completely transparent, so it’s easy to see what you’re doing, and convenient attachments make it the ideal holder for peeling vegetables or slicing hot meats.

“It all started when my wife Jennifer, who is an experienced cook, had to go to the hospital for stitches after a kitchen accident,” says Brilliant Inventors President Sam Shipp. “After that experience, Jennifer and I developed a product that’s safe and easy to use with either hand, snaps together to keep attachments from getting lost, and folds to fit easily in the knife drawer. It feels very natural in your hand, and the best part has been the reaction from consumers. People take one look and see how much safer cutting can be, and they want one for themselves, for their husbands and wives, for their parents, and for their kids.”

The Knife Glider was created with extensive input from prospective users and funded through a campaign on the crowd-funding site Indiegogo. The Knife Glider has won two business plan competitions, and Brilliant Inventors was named innovative company of the year by the Small Business Administration of South Texas for 2015.

The Knife Glider kit, complete with attachments, retails for $19.95. For further information, visit www.knifeglider.com.