Looks to me like Furi is an Australian company - .com.au website, founded in Brisbane.

Austria - small country in Europe.
Australia - large country (small population) in between the Pacific and Indian oceans.

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If they want to send me a free one for "evaluation purposes," I'd love one. Kinda looks like someone stuck a doggy chew toy atop a mezzaluna.

I do like the Furi knives that Rachael Ray has endorsed. So sharp and easy to use they practically cut through time.

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Unnecessary, perhaps, but really, most of the things we buy these days are unnecessary. I say there's no reason not to introduce whimsy into a kitchen. Sure, I like all my utensils to be uniform and straightforward, but who's to say my (boring) style should apply to everyone else? Let the people have their froggies, as long as they get the job done.

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This would go over quite well in Japan - land of the Hello Kitty everything (or Kitty-chan, as she's known there).

I actually do like frog-themed things, and brought back frog (known as 'Kero-chan') salt and pepper shakers from Japan (that I've never actually used). I think I've outgrown cutesy type things, especially for the kitchen. Guests who are not familiar with my mezzaluna are rather impressed when I whip it out to chop herbs for my garlic bread, but I doubt they'd take me as seriously with a Kerochan mezzaluna...;)

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I live in Alaska and the traditional Ulu cutlery is everywhere.. I purchased a bone handled Ulu when I first moved up here and used it for my dicing/mincing/meat cutting needs. I'm pretty fast with an Ulu now and can put the whoop down on a stalk of celery. I was new to mezzaluna cutlery until I bought the Ulu, which is hard to clean because of the bone, and found the Kitchenaid mezzaluna at a local shop. I couldn't resist purchasing an easy to clean mezzaluna and recommend that you pick up one. I came to find out there are many styles, shapes, and sizes available to suit whatever need you have. Personally I just like to make food into tiny little bits with it, and fillet meats and fish. Long live the mezzaluna, even the silly ones.

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The original mezzaluna design was clean and simple.
Why mess with a good thing?

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Just be careful that your kids don't see it and think it's a toy. That would totally happen in my house, so no froggy mezzaluna for me!

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I was thinking it would be cute to buy for my son, who's a budding foodie....then I thought better of buying a mezzaluna for a six-year-old.

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So judgemental! Why would anyone care if I wanted a froggy mezzaluna or spend time writing about why it's evidently below them to imagine someone enjoying such a device. I can't imagine why in the world anyone would collect those little egg holders but one of the writers here has written several times - so what? I think it's adorable. No one NEEDS a kitchenaid mixer in pink or knives that cost $500 dollars....but is slashfood really about 'need'?

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