AWESOME!
Forget your old metallic press you have, THIS is worth every dollar I spent on it.<br /><br />First of the aesthetics:  This thing is drop dead beautiful and you'd be proud to leave it out like a nice accessory because its that pretty!  The pictures do not do it justice.<br /><br />Construction/craftsmanship:  Gosh, where do I start.  Its a night and day difference from my old metallic one I got in Mexico decades ago.  The construction/craftsmanship is perfect.  Silky smooth woods, food grade oil finish, just wonderful.<br /><br />Function:  If you can use the old press, the learning curve is nil here.  Just use the quart ziploc bag (cut off the zip top, split the bag on the sides and dont cut the bottom) and there's no cleaning issues.  Unlike a metallic one you just dont mash down on it.  Constant pressure and hold for a few seconds to get the full size of the tortilla.  Open up peel from the zip lock and comal time!<br /><br />What could be better:  Three things.  1.  Silicone/no slip feets would have been nice.  Since the wood is oiled now, it will be hard to stick and I really don't want to drill into it to put rubber feet on it.  So I have a silicone trivet under it.  Fixes that.  2.  The bolt/hinge.  I don't know.  To be honest it does take away from it.  It works but it doesn't look as good as it should.  I hope the craftsman reads this.  An idea would be to cut a 1/4 stainless rod, tap it through to within a 1/4" each side then tap in wooded plugs like the rest of the screw parts.  And last one.  The hinges.  They work.  looks good.  But, would wooded hinges hold out?  Probably would add to the cost due to the work involved with the jigs and stuff but oh would it look pretty.  Eh...They work.<br /><br />Other than that, You see 70 bucks for a tortilla press and ask is it worth it when my La Victoria is just as good.  No, its not just as good.  Its much better!  Like a black-n-decker blender vs a kitchenaid.  Yeah they both make cake batter but Its not as sexy.  And if you cry hard enough to the S.O...GET IT.  You wont be sorry.
Rating: 5 stars