The Best Bread Lame - 5 Popular Lames Tested

In this video, I'll show you five of the most popular bread lames, rate them, and help you choose the best bread lame for you. The lames I tested are the UFO lame, the ARC lame, the Sourdough Slingers lame, the Saint Germain lame, and the Baker of Seville lame.

Read my full review of these five lames here:

Below are the product links for each of the five lames. Some of the links are affiliate links, so thanks for your support!

The UFO Lame (My #1 Lame)

The Baker of Seville Bread Lame (My choice if I could only have one bread lame)

The Sourdough Slingers Lame (Made in the UK)

The ARC Lame (Curved lame, similar to the UFO lame)

The Saint Germain Bread Lame (Not my favorite...)

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Video Chapters
00:00 Intro
00:41 The Lames I Tested
00:55 My Rating Criteria
01:26 The UFO Lame
03:24 The Sourdough Slingers Lame
04:40 The ARC Lame
05:27 The Generic Lame (Saint Germain)
06:16 The Baker of Seville Lame

Video Hashtags
#ufolame #arclame #breadlames

Affiliate Disclosure:
The product links above may be affiliate links. As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualified purchases.

[GrantBakes]

(Edit - one year later): Wire Monkey Shop is now partnering with Grant Bakes to give you a 10% discount on bread lames. So, the UFO lame and the ARC lame are now 10% off if you use my affiliate links.

[davidclifford]

Thank you for the review. Very informative and helpful.

[sandradee]

I really enjoyed this video, thank you for all of the great information.

[katiekawaii]

Thank you for actually _trying_ the products! Strangely rare these days.

[belladavydova]

Not joking I have learn so much from your videos. I wish more people knew about your channel!!! My bread is more fluffy and looks like a real sourdough so much love now I have on my sourdough making and baking Thank you for your time and for all you do!!

[nozawalm]

Hi! yes, this video really helped me! an amateur baker looking to buy my first lame!

[morthanalittle]

Very well done Grant. Quite helpful. Thank you sincerely. 🙏🏼♥️

[unclefester]

Great video, looking forward to more.

[DrBar]

one thing here not considered is the sanitation safety of the designs. The Astra and UFO lames look like they are small bio-hazzards by design but perhaps they are easy to disassemble completely for sanitizing?

[yaminalabidi]

Thank you for chowing us all the tricks keep the shine side up 👍🌞🐪

[Foodpermaculture]

It would be helpful if you covered razor change (safety wise) and "holster" or whatever way razors are covered when not in use.

[cjcreates]

Thanks for this, obv got the curved one, been wondering what I'm doing wrong, trying a UFO next!

[Keith_the_knife_freak]

Thanks for sharing.. my cousin hit me up to make her one... I never even heard of such a thing.. now I have more questions than answers. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[cgirl]

I think your results will be better if you score at a 45 degree angle. I found most lame to be too short as I like to score deeply. I use a scalpel with disposable blades.

[michaelkaplan]

Hello Grant, Thank you for your demo on lames. I like the the Baker of Seville. What blades would you recommend? How many blades come with the Seville? The best to you. Mike

[oppomelstra]

are those pans on your stovetop, 'cast iron'? if yes, where did you buy those?

[juliecheong]

Hey Grant! Just sub and have enjoyed your videos so far. May I know if the turn knob on your favourite baker of seville lame, get in the way /snags on your dough? Bread baking noob ie. me, always have scoring problems. Either dough snags or the cut is not deep enough. Thank you.

[santolify]

Wire Monkey is the best. I've got the UFO and soon will acquire the Arc and Poco.

[thePods]

Hi Grant, I'm sorry but I've tried the top 2 you recommend and totally disagree with you. It almost takes a shop vise to open the wire monkey up (there's no place to grip it); and the Baker of Seville has a frame on the backside that's only 1/4" away from the blade edge, so the frame ends up dragging and marring the dough surface when you try to cut more deeply than that. I actually think the free cheap one you pan is better than either of these 2.

[kb]

I wish this showed you using the lames… beginning bakers have no clue this didn’t really help at all hate to say it!