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A food slicer for producing a plurality of slices from a single piece of food product, said food slicer comprising:

• a. an oblong skirt having a length, a width, a top edge, a bottom edge, a wall connecting said top edge to said bottom edge, a top opening defined by said top edge, a bottom opening defined by said bottom edge and a cavity defined by said wall, wherein said top opening is substantially parallel to said bottom opening;
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• b. an elongated upper blade and an elongated lower blade, wherein each of said upper and lower blades includes an elongated plate having a length and a height, two ends, a cutting edge, a second edge opposingly disposed from said cutting edge, said upper and lower blades form a combined height and are substantially parallelly disposed and offset vertically to form an overlap and each said blade is configured to laterally deflect a maximum distance of 0.13 inch with a force of 5 lbs. applied perpendicularly at about mid-section of said length of each of said blades,
• wherein the cutting edge of each of said upper and lower blades is aligned with said bottom opening of said skirt and each said blade is perpendicular to said bottom opening and parallel to said skirt within said cavity, such that said food slicer is configured to receive the single piece of food product at said bottom opening and cut the single piece of food product to simultaneously result in one middle slice and two outer slices of food product at said top opening without exposing the cutting edge of each blade outside of said cavity, thereby ensuring safety of a user of said food slicer.

A food slicer for producing a plurality of slices from a single piece of food product, said food slicer comprising:

• a. an oblong skirt having a length, a width, a top edge, a bottom edge, a wall connecting said top edge to said bottom edge, a top opening defined by said top edge, a bottom opening defined by said bottom edge and a cavity defined by said wall, wherein said top opening is substantially parallel to said bottom opening;
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• b. an elongated upper blade and an elongated lower blade, wherein each of said upper and lower blades includes an elongated plate having a length and a height, two ends, a cutting edge, a second edge opposingly disposed from said cutting edge, said upper and lower blades form a combined height and are substantially parallelly disposed and offset vertically to form an overlap of from about 10 to about 30% of said combined height,
• wherein the cutting edge of each of said upper and lower blades is aligned with said bottom opening of said skirt and each said blade is perpendicular to said bottom opening and parallel to said skirt within said cavity, such that said food slicer is configured to receive the single piece of food product at said bottom opening and cut the single piece of food product to simultaneously result in one middle slice and two outer slices of food product at said top opening without exposing the cutting edge of each blade outside of said cavity, thereby ensuring safety of a user of said food slicer.