Your Spartan Peeler, Shredder and Slicer are made from Japanese-design stainless steel. That's what gives you the effortless glide and the clean, precise cut. Look after them and they'll outlast every other tool in your kitchen. That's our Lifetime Guarantee promise, and these few habits are how you hold up your end of it.
The short version
- Rinse right away. Warm water, a drop of dish soap and a small brush.
- Dry it fully. A flat towel or a dish mat.
- Cap it. Every time it goes back in the drawer.
Hand wash when you can
Your tools are stainless, so the dishwasher won't rust them. But dishwasher detergent is abrasive and the heat cycle is harsh, and both dull the edge faster over time.
- Rinse under warm water right after use, then wash with a drop of dish soap.
- A small dish brush beats a sponge for getting between the teeth of the Shredder and Slicer, and it saves your sponge from getting shredded.
- Rinse promptly after acidic food like tomatoes, citrus and onions.
- Dishwasher on a busy night? Your tool will be fine. Just don't make it a habit.
Dry it before you put it away
- Use a flat, non-looped towel. Looped towels can catch on the blade and snag.
- Wipe along the outer edges of the blade, front and back, then gently pat dry between the teeth.
- Or air dry on a dish mat. Just make sure it's fully dry before the cap goes on.
Store it capped
Every Spartan tool comes with a safety cap. It protects the blade from chipping against other utensils, and it protects your fingers when you reach into the drawer.
Always hold the cap lengthwise, not widthwise. That keeps your fingers well away from the edge.
- Peeler: use your finger on the outer edge to tip the blade to one side, then roll the cap over the blade from top to bottom until it sits snug.
- Shredder and Slicer: line the blade up straight with the handle, then set the cap over the blade until it sits snug.
Cap feeling loose? Email us and we'll send a replacement under the Lifetime Guarantee.
What each tool is built for
- The Peeler handles just about everything: carrots, potatoes, sweet potatoes, apples, cucumbers, zucchini, butternut and kabocha squash, ginger, asparagus, mangoes and kiwi. The one exception is spaghetti squash, where the skin is too tough and uneven.
- The Shredder is your julienne workhorse for cucumber, zucchini, carrot, beet, apple, mango and hard cheese. Skip very watery food like tomatoes, and anything extremely hard.
- The Slicer is made for wide, thin cuts of zucchini, eggplant, apples, potatoes, hard cheese and carrot or cucumber ribbons. Reach for a knife for citrus.
None of them are built for frozen food, bones, hard cheese rinds or anything you'd normally take a cleaver to. The steel is harder and more precise than a typical peeler, which is what gives you the clean cut. The trade-off is that it's less forgiving if you force it.
A note on the Shredder blade
The Shredder is made with a softer blade than the others, on purpose. It flexes slightly under pressure, which gives you better control and a more even shred on delicate food like mango and cucumber. It also means it can bend if you push it diagonally through something too dense or knock it against a bowl.
If it bends, straighten it gently with the flat side of a butter knife. Beyond a quick fix? That's what the Lifetime Guarantee is for.
Keeping the edge sharp
You don't need to sharpen your Spartan tools. The blades hold their edge for years of regular home use, and the habits above are what keep them that way. No sharpening rod, no whetstone.
The Lifetime Guarantee
If something goes wrong, whether it's a manufacturing defect, a bent blade or wear that shouldn't be there, we'll replace it. No questions asked, no receipt hunting. Email us at info@spartankitchen.ca and we'll take care of you.
