Warren Simpson | GIZMODO.cz

Machined from a single billet of titanium, Warren Simpson’s Fine Grater combines the virtually indestructible properties of titanium with the experience gathered from his past four Kickstarter campaigns. Small, and unstoppable, the fine grater moves along the surface of hard cheeses (parmesan or gouda) or even citrus peels, carving out fine shavings of it for your dishes. The titanium blade is food-grade, rust-proof, and has the high strength to weight ratio that makes it glide across the surface, grating things with the buttery ease that’s difficult to come by with punched and stamped sheet metal graters, but matching their weight.

The Fine Grater is made completely from a single block of titanium, giving it a unified single-material look while making sure the entire grater is rigid and unbreakable and doesn’t have any parting lines or crevasses where food or dirt could get trapped. It even comes in a variant that sports a blade on it, allowing you to cut shavings of parmesan or chocolate. Available in both left and right-handed variants, Simpson’s Fine Graters have the same dimensions of a dessert spoon, but functionality and durability beyond compare. Non-toxic, rust-proof, and dishwasher safe, the Fine Grater and Fine Grater with Blade will outlive all your traditional stainless steel and plastic cutlery and kitchen tools by not one, but multiple centuries.

Designer: Warren Simpson

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The Fine Grater follows the design criteria of:

Grate directly onto food (and not have to use a second plate to catch the gratings)
Allow to easily grate a small amount at a time if I need to
Be Super-easy to clean
Reduce the risk of cutting my fingers
Be built to be indestructible
Ultra-hygienic
Be good for any fine grating, including parmesan
Be good for zesting citrus

Fine Grater with Blade

Image on left: Fine Grater with Blade

Perfect for shaving parmesan and peeling thin citrus peel.

This picture shows the inside and outside of the shavings made by the Fine Grater with Blade.

Bespoke Made

Blade won’t scratch your bench.

There are no cheap-and-nasty mass-manufacturing techniques used to make these Graters.

There is no stamping, pressing, bending, punching or any other cost-cutting methods typically used in products destined for “the masses”.

From importing the raw titanium… all the way through to the proprietary surface finishing… every part of the process of making these Graters gets personal care and attention.

Each Grater is truly made ONE AT A TIME. This is a true bespoke made piece designed to last generations.

The Fine Grater and Fine Grater with Blade was inspired by the revolutionary Titanium Grater

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The good thing about Kickstarter is the fact that it allows makers to get funded by enthusiastic backers who believe in one sane or even completely insane idea. I’ll leave it to you to judge whether this product fits in the sane or insane category.

The Titanium Peeler can peel a goddamn tree. It’s the ultimate peeling device with its titanium body AND blade. Lightweight, ergonomic, and incredibly resilient, you can use the Titanium peeler to peel pretty much anything you please. However we sincerely hope you stick to fruits and vegetables!

The Peeler’s design is clean, simple, and gets the job done incredibly well. The titanium body gives you something solid to hold onto and the titanium blade really puts other blades to shame. The body comes with a depression to rest your thumb in, giving you a good grip and therefore a great peel. Right at the top there’s even a tiny scoop that works well for removing potato-eyes or spots/pockmarks on your fruits and veggies. The bilaterally symmetric design of the peeler allows it to be used by left and right hands in any orientations with absolute ease.

Here’s what’s so special about the Titanium Peeler (enough to warrant it a feature on YD). I’ve mentioned before how Titanium is an incredible material. It’s easy to wash, doesn’t rust, or break, and even doesn’t impart a metallic taste to your food (case in point being the Muncher we featured earlier this year). Now while most your utensils are mass-produced i.e., made using industrial manufacturing processes designed for fast production, the Titanium peeler isn’t. Each peeler is individually machined out of a solid titanium block with utmost and immaculate precision. Designer Warren Simpson is known to be an ‘ace machinist’, working extensively with CNC machining, and the Titanium peeler is a successor to the already wildly successful Titanium Cheese Slicer kickstarter campaign from November last year.

So, is this finally it? Are we officially past the Bronze, Iron, Stainless Steel and Aluminum ages? Let’s hail 2017 as the Titanium Age! Someone cue in that David Guetta song please.

Designer: Warren Simpson

BUY IT HERE: $95.00