Gramercy Adjustable Mandoline Food Slicer, Stainless Steel, Including Cut-Resistant Gloves, Black PRO Review (2026)

What comes in the box

This Gramercy mandoline, sold in the Black Edition covered here, ships with a stainless steel frame, a rotating blade assembly, a non-slip base, and a pair of cut-resistant gloves along with a blade guard, based on the maker's own product listing. That gear bundle matters for a fermentation-focused buyer, since slicing several heads of cabbage for a batch of kraut or kimchi means long stretches of repetitive cutting where a lapse in attention near the blade is the real safety risk. Having the gloves and guard included out of the box removes the extra purchase most mandoline owners end up needing anyway.

Slicing range and how the dial works

The listing describes 12 slice settings running from paper-thin to a noticeably thicker cut, controlled through an adjustable dial rather than swappable inserts. For fermentation work, that range covers both ends of what most kraut and kimchi recipes call for: thin, almost shaved cabbage for a fast, evenly salted ferment, and a thicker cut for chunkier pickles or vegetables like radish and carrot that hold up better in bigger pieces. A single dial-based system is generally faster to adjust mid-session than swapping blade inserts, which is useful when a batch calls for slicing several vegetables at different thicknesses in one sitting.

Build and stability

The frame is stainless steel with a rotating blade and a non-slip base, and the maker markets it as dishwasher safe. A folding frame design, which several retailers selling this same Gramercy line describe, is common on mandolines in this class and trades a bit of setup time for a smaller footprint in a drawer. Buyers should expect to spend a moment locking the frame into its working position and confirming it is stable before applying pressure, since a mandoline that shifts mid-slice is both a quality and a safety problem. The non-slip base is meant to address the stability half of that equation once the frame itself is locked open.

Cleaning and blade care

Dishwasher-safe construction is convenient for the frame and body, but the blade guard and blade assembly on any mandoline in this category still need careful handling by hand, since a dishwasher's spray arms and racks were not designed with an exposed slicing blade in mind. The maker's line includes a cleaning brush on some variants to help clear vegetable residue from the blade area without direct hand contact. Anyone fermenting regularly should build a habit of removing and drying the blade section separately from a full dishwasher cycle, both to protect the blade edge and to avoid an unpleasant surprise reaching into a loaded dishwasher rack. Storing the blade guard back over the blade immediately after drying is a simple habit that also protects fingers reaching into a drawer later, since a bare mandoline blade left loose among other kitchen tools is an easy thing to forget about until it is too late.

Bottom line

For a fermenter who slices vegetables in volume, this mandoline's stainless steel build, 12-position dial and included safety gear cover the core needs well, and the inclusion of cut-resistant gloves is a genuine convenience rather than a marketing add-on. The folding frame rewards a careful, unhurried setup each time, and the blade guard should be treated as a hand-wash item regardless of the frame's dishwasher-safe rating. Buyers who want one slicer that handles both fine kraut shreds and thicker pickle cuts without switching tools should find this covers that range.

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