On 2008-10-03, Blinky the Shark > wrote:
>
> Does anyone have a mandolin that they can recommend in the, say, $80US
> range?

No. A good mandolin, say a Gibson F-5, costs in the thousands. OTOH, a
good food mandoline is within that range:

http://www.cutleryandmore.com/mandoline.htm

nb