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[–] 18 points 1 year ago (8 children)

Show me how it cuts through a fat block of cheddar and then talk to me.

Thats the only thing I wrestle with, and I keep my knives sharp.

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  • [–] 23 points 1 year ago

    Cleaving is mostly about friction. Cutting a block of cheddar is pretty much all cleaving, and a very sharp cutting edge doesn't provide much advantage. My blade vibrates along the blade face, so foods experience the coefficient of kinetic friction, not static friction. This reduces cutting forces, and does so in a way that's totally independent of the sharpness of the edge.

    Looks like the inventor posted a comment explicitly about cheddar in the link.

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  • [–] 22 points 1 year ago (4 children)
  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

    I tried it once. I buy the BIG CHEESE and these things are too wee. I broke the wire immediately because I'm a ham-fisted goober.

    I need the one that's as big as the old paper slicing things they had in school. Put a nice wire on that thing, maybe run some heat through it. Now we're talkin. Also, baller ass way to cut an ice cream cake which is the only thing more impossible to slice than cheese.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    Serrated knives work better on cheese, unless you need a cleaner cut, then use a wire cheese cutter.

    A single bevel serrated knife will leave pretty clean cut though. I use one of these: https://www.williams-sonoma.com/products/wusthof-gourmet-serrated-utility-knife/

    Even works pretty well on softer Monterey Jack and pepper jack (which the wire snags on). And I’ve never sharpened it in 20 years.

    But paid less than half that at resellers store.

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