Look carefully. The blade has two sides, only one of which is sharp. Yet it can be removed and flipped over so that the dull side is presented to the food being peeled.

Unless there is some way to sharpen the tiny blade with a tiny stone, I see no reason to remove it. Yet inexplicably, somebody removed mine, and FLIPPED IT OVER!

Clearly there are imps at work in my home, and I may be in need of some sort of exorcism, or at least a cleansing by fire!