Parents had dreams of the things they ate when they were young..buy a ice shaver they said... "we" will use it everyday they said.well it got well loved for 2 weeks until they got tired of it.when the world needs it again, it will come back...anyway, although made fully out of plastic (the actual shaver blade withholding) it worked well. could probably get better results with a hand crank one but we're not picky. the blade will get stuck if you set it to super fine, so ease up on the texture and it should work well.