Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: Not sharp. Straight blade chops, not slice

I was so excited ot use this product as I make pickles a few times a year. This review is only for chopping cucumbers, so I don't know how well it works for other purposes. For cucumbers, it just plain sucks. The straight blade is not only too dull to cleanly cut cukes into chips (it tears the skin on the backside of the chip), it take a considerable amount of effort to just push it through the blade. It's also a bad design. The blade should be angled across the machine so it slices as well as chops.Returning it today to Crate and Barrel.