Sweden Original Jonas Carbon Steel Vegetable Peeler

Last verified May 12, 2026 by the Lifetime Picks Editorial Team

The Linden Sweden Jonas peeler is the carbon steel vegetable peeler Wirecutter has named the best peeler at every test cycle since 2014, it's also the same peeler Christopher Kimball brought back from a Swedish kitchen and built America's Test Kitchen's recommendation around in 1995. The carbon steel blade is sharper out of the box than any stainless peeler, and the swivel mechanism follows curves on carrots, potatoes, and apples cleanly without forcing the cook to over pressure. The handle is wood (originally Swedish birch; now beech), light enough to use one handed for hours. r/Cooking and r/AskCulinary universally cite this as the peeler that lives in every kitchen drawer; the carbon steel needs to be hand dried after use (rust), but the edge holds dramatically longer than stainless.