✔ ESSENTIAL: Our Bread Lame is an essential tool for the home and professional bread baker alike. It is used to score the dough prior to placing in the oven, achieving the prettiest loaves.
✔ EASY: Effortless scoring with this fixed blade tool, double-sided sharp razor will stay in place and not pop off while slashing.
✔ Design: Our Bread Lame is designed with your comfort in mind. The handle shape is formed to give a firm yet comfortable grip.
✔ QUALITY: Stainless steel curved blade sharpened on both sides, enabling a thinner cut than traditional razors. Food grade quality perfect for commercial or home use.
✔ SAFE: Our Bread Lame has a fixed blade and comes with a protective cover to prevent accidents and safe storage.
“Lame” is French for “Blade” and pronounced “Lahm”
◆ What is the use of this tool?
This tool cuts/docks/slashes/scores bread, baguettes, and sourdough loaves prior to placing bread in the oven, to help the dough rise and to control its expansion during baking to give it a professional look.
A score on the surface of your pre-baked loaf allows the dough to expand in the oven without tearing the skin or crust and also lets moisture escape; correct scoring lets the baker control where the loaf will open or bloom; that precision of the score will ensure a pleasing appearance of the baked bread and allow seasoned bakers to give the bread their own unique("signature") look
The cut will also achieve the releases of gas trapped inside the dough.
◆ How To Score Your bread?
Score your loaf with this blade after you've finished proofing the dough and are ready to put it in the oven; hold the lame with a firm grip and with a quick motion slice into the loaf.
★★ O'Creme Bread Lame Tool Quality and Design ★★
Stainless steel blade sharpened on both sides of each edge; blade is concave (curved) to cut flaps (also called dough shag, meaning shaggy dough) thinner than possible with a traditional straight razor
Plastic handle offset and wider near the blade for comfortable grip between thumb and forefinger; blade size 7/8 inch x 1-5/8inch; overall length (blade and handle) 5-3/4 inch
This lame fits into chef's shirt pocket and comes with a protective plastic blade cover for safe use and storage.