to hate the fact that my new breadmaker means

[Twiglett]

whenever I need bread I have to find the knife, chopping board .. slice it (never straight) and then clear up all the feckin' crumbs

not happy .. picnic for 4 today

I know exactly what you mean Twiglett.

Are we both just lazy

But it's the crumbs at the end that make the matter worse isn't it!

It's the fact I'm rubbish at cutting that bothers me. Really embarassing watching my poor DD 2.5 trying to get her gob round a sandwich the thickness of a breeze-block.

We have a bread board with slots in it and a tray underneath to catch the crumbs. May I humbly suggest you need one of those?

Also, you could invest in one of those whizzy slicey machines with a spinning wheel like a sawmill. Oh god, it's never-ending, this gadget thing, isn't it?

Well, there is a reason for the saying "best thing since sliced bread"

Me too twiglett. The crumbs are the worst.

This is what you want - a fiddlebow knife

the link is to a US site, but someone gave me one from the UK. I'm sure you'll see them now you know they exist.

Make rolls instead.