My new cutter, as promised

I promised to show you pics of my new cutter and I'm not one to want to let you down ... so here you go!

This is the soap cutter with soap loaf in situ (the Fresh Orange from the blog post on Tuesday)

Soap loaf being placed carefully to ensure the maximum number of slices

The wires on the cutter cutting through the soap loaf

Cut slices

I imported this from the US and I'm so happy with it; it saved me a huge amount of time last night in cutting (and hassle and annoyance and shouting and throwing things around the room, tears, snot, medicinal chocolate afterwards etc... you soapers out there know EXACTLY what I mean!!!). 

I believe the slightly crumbly edges come from me having left the soap one day too long before cutting ... I made a hot process soap today so I'll cut tomorrow and see if it crumbles too. 

I love this cutter - I would bring it to bed with me and cuddle it but hubs would complain. 



Soap Cutter!

Well, the lovely and fragrant Kathleen, a good friend of mine, made me something lovely today! And here it is.... a loaf soap cutter! OK, if you don't make soap, you won't be excited but this is a great thing! It means when I make soap loaves, I can cut them all in identical sizes - makes it really easy for me for labelling purposes and weighing. Also, I don't seem to be able to cut a straight line to save my life so this is going to help me sooooooooooo much! So many thanks to Kathleen for all her help, she's a wonder!

PS she's fragrant because she uses my soap!!!