How to make a shaped vegetable knife from a piece of PVC pipe

How to make a shaped vegetable knife from a piece of PVC pipe

It turns out that it’s very easy to make a shaped knife for slicing any vegetables yourself. You only need two parts, which every master has anyway. With this device you can cut carrots, cucumbers, potatoes and other vegetables into a beautiful spiral. And then decorate your dishes as you please.

Will need


  • A piece of PVC or polypropylene pipe does not matter, the main thing is that the internal diameter matches the size of your vegetables.
  • Blade from a stationery knife.

Required tool: hot glue gun, utility knife, hacksaw.
How to make a shaped vegetable knife from a piece of PVC pipe

Making a figured knife for vegetables


Stepping back one centimeter from the edge of the pipe, use a hacksaw to make a cut at a slight angle (about 10 degrees), to a depth slightly greater than half the diameter of the pipe.
How to make a shaped vegetable knife from a piece of PVC pipe

We cut off the burrs with a utility knife.
How to make a shaped vegetable knife from a piece of PVC pipe

Then we cut off a piece from the pipe 5 centimeters long.
How to make a shaped vegetable knife from a piece of PVC pipe

We also cut off the burrs with a knife. Next, insert a blade from a stationery knife into the cut made earlier.We bite off the excess with wire cutters (be careful: fragments fly in all directions, use safety glasses).
How to make a shaped vegetable knife from a piece of PVC pipe

To prevent the blade from flying out during operation, glue the groove with hot glue.
How to make a shaped vegetable knife from a piece of PVC pipe

The figured vegetable knife is ready. We insert, for example, a cucumber into it and rotate it. The result is a very beautiful spiral.
How to make a shaped vegetable knife from a piece of PVC pipe

The thickness of the cut depends on the bevel angle of the knife.
How to make a shaped vegetable knife from a piece of PVC pipe

If you cut potatoes and then fry them in the oven, you will get a very tasty and original side dish.

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