14 is shown as discussed above the blade assembly 14 includes three separate blades a left flat blade 36 a right flat blade 32 and a julienne blade 38 fig1 illustrates the cutting of a food product 40 with one of the flat blades 32 36 in operation the peel or a slice 41 of a food product 40 passes in between the space 42 between the left flat blade 36 and right flat blade 32 as the food product is peeled sliced importantly this space 42 may adjusted for peeling different thicknesses of skin as discussed below turning now to fig1 a longitudinal cross section view of the peeling tool 10 is shown as shown therein a stopper 44 is fixedly secured to the metal shaft 12 and holds the blade assembly 14 in proper position for peeling in particular the stopper 44 prevents the blade assembly 14 from sliding too far down the shaft 12 towards the end cap 18 referring to fig1 an enlarged cross section view of the nose 22 is shown as shown therein the nose 22 defines a housing and includes a release button 46 for activating the peel thickness adjustment mechanism 20 as discussed in detail below and a sharpened tip 48 for removing potato eyes or blemishes from food products the nose 22 is rotatably coupled to the main shaft 12 and houses the peel thickness.