I hope you enjoy it, Marie!
I had used the krups one prior to owning one myself. It has what looks like an S blade underneath. I found when blending pumpkin that the fibers would get caught and not blended fully. For Christmas my SIL got me a Sharper Image hand blender. Usually I think their products leave something to be desired, but in this case its fantastic. It came with an assortment of add ons. It handled the natural casing of the landjager like nothing. Landjager are generally left out to toughen and age a bit like jerky. It might be because its new and this was my first use with it, but it did well and I was impressed.