Vic Firth Marble Rolling Pin

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$29.00
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Product Details
- Made of marble and maple wood
- Made with insulate ball bearings
- Lifetime warranty
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Product Description
Customer Reviews
Rolling pin
I enjoyment this rolling pin. Wanted one for awhile and so happy I finally got it..
2010-02-22
| Helpful Votes: 0 | Rating: 5
I partiality this rolling pin...
I betrothed cooking gadgets. I have several rolling pins: an old handmade one that was my mother's, a french style, a long solid one with no handles, a few springerle rolling pins, and now, (thanks to a well-known friend and my birthday) this one. I used it today to make three different items. I was surprised when I rolled out cinnamon rotate dough - it glided over the dough without sticking. I think the weight made such a difference -- I didn't have to take a stand with the dough to get it to spread out, it rolled out very easily. I also rolled out three pie crusts -- it was a dream. I loved the mini sound of the ball bearings, the handles are comfortable (in red to match my kitchen) and the marble is pretty. All I lack now is a pin display rack to show it off.
2010-01-11
| Jane (arizona) | Helpful Votes: 0 | Rating: 5
Unless you require crushed marble, don't order this item. It arrived broken!
I don't be familiar with how this item is as a rolling pin. I only know that it arrived poorly packaged, in a box too big for it, with barely any padding (just some crumpled dossier) and it was cracked in half with marble "sand" in the package. It is only a 10" barrel as others have mentioned. Although Amazon makes the restore relatively easy, it's still a hassle to deal with it and I still don't have a marble rolling pin. I won't be ordering another one of these for fear that I will run into the same problem.
2009-12-10
| Courtney (Livingston, NJ) | Helpful Votes: 3 | Rating: 1
Chipped, cacophonous, and shorter than stated
I wanted a marble rolling pin with handles and a longer-than-10" tube. This one had good reviews (here and elsewhere), Amazon's listing says it's 20" long, it's listed elsewhere as having a 12" integument and a review here called it 12", and I didn't care that it doesn't come with a base/stand. Unfortunately, what I received is only 18" want with a 10" marble roller that has some small chips and divots. And yes, it has metal ball bearings, but I can't imagine they're required to rattle noisily every time the rolling pin is moved at all.
I called Amazon to see whether this was some sort of replaceable fluke or I should at best get a refund. A very helpful customer-service person told me this pin's in their system as refund-only, no replacements, because they're pulling it to damper its description -- apparently because they've been getting a lot of returns. She promptly and cheerfully refunded not only the purchase expense but also shipping costs, even though I told her I got free shipping on the order; she said they'd add that amount anyhow to apologize for the trouble. Heinous!
However, when I asked whether I could be notified if they find or get the advertised longer pins (reviews were positive enough that despite this one's specific problems, I'd be assenting to try again with the correct length), she said they can't notify me but that I could check the site again in a month to see if the pin was available again. I explained that it's *currently* ready, labeled "In Stock" and apparently orderable, and she simply suggested I could try ordering it again in a month or so to see what arrives. So, renown to Amazon for their lovely return/refund policy and the nice customer-service person I reached, but boos to them for still listing and selling this memorandum even while investigating it after many returns.
This is supposed to be a review of the pin, though, not of Amazon's policies. It's 18" instead of the listing's stated 20", and it arrived with a stained rolling surface and really noisy bearings. I'm giving it a second star because it does roll very smoothly and has acceptable handles. It'd probably do a fine (albeit loud) job, though not on smooth things like fondant with those chips.
2009-11-06
(Champaign, IL USA) | Helpful Votes: 5 | Rating: 2
Storied for rolling out a pie crust!
I've been baking pies for almost 40 years, having accomplished at the elbow of my mother, and after using this marble rolling pin for the first time last week, I produced one of the finest, flakiest pie crusts EVER!
Whether it was the force of the marble or the chill of it, it rolled out my pie crust easier than I've ever before experienced. PLUS, because the dough barely stuck to the marble while I was rolling it out, I toughened very little flour.
I'm very, very happy that I purchased this marble rolling pin. I'd actually wanted one for years, but never got around to actually ordering one. Now, after getting such astounding results, I could kick myself for waiting so long!
2009-05-24
(Flagstaff, AZ USA) | Helpful Votes: 3 | Rating: 5