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Title: Cutting Cheese - Cheese Wires
Post by: Cheese Head on September 12, 2009, 12:36:33 PM

From US based CulinaryCookware (http://www.culinarycookware.com/) I ordered a pack of 10 French Matfer Bourgeat brand Wire Cheese Or Butter Cutters (http://www.culinarycookware.com/wire-for-cheese-and-butter-cutter-with-plastic-handles.html).

I ordered the shorter 300 mm/11-7/8" ones for 10 for USD10.20 plus shipping rather than the only other choice was an extra long 800 mm/31.5" for USD13.59 plus shipping.

I have no long thin knife to cut my wheels so up to now use a thick knife which sticks to the cheese and thus I have to push hard to cut them.

And for member Carter, no I didn't get a free pen with my order :D.

Title: Re: Cheese Wires - For Cutting Cheese
Post by: Baby Chee on September 12, 2009, 01:33:16 PM

Thanks for posting these.  I'm contemplating a purchase now.

Title: Re: Cheese Wires - For Cutting Cheese
Post by: Cheese Head on September 12, 2009, 01:45:00 PM

Baby Chee, you are welcome, simple tool but the cheapest I'd found online in US was @ USD5 + 5 shipping for one! So 10 for USD10 was a no-brainer.

Plus it was only an add on as I ordered a Salometer (http://cheeseforum.org/forum/index.php/topic,2081.0.html), long spatula (http://cheeseforum.org/forum/index.php/topic,2077.0.html) as a Curd Knife, and long skimmer type ladle (http://cheeseforum.org/forum/index.php/topic,2073.0.html) from the same webstore.

Title: Re: Cheese Wires - For Cutting Cheese
Post by: riha on September 12, 2009, 01:51:51 PM

Nice. Have you tried them on cheese yet?

I was wondering about making those myself. How thick is the wire in your cutters? I assume it's stainless steel?

Title: Re: Cheese Wires - For Cutting Cheese
Post by: DeejayDebi on September 12, 2009, 03:44:04 PM

I was thinking stainless steel fishing wire or guitar strings on a wooden dowel.

Title: Re: Cheese Wires - For Cutting Cheese
Post by: riha on September 12, 2009, 03:46:48 PM

Debi, me too ;)

A nice exercise in wood turning, I'm thinking. I would have some scrap rosewood that could be used for this...

Title: Re: Cheese Wires - For Cutting Cheese
Post by: goatherdess on September 12, 2009, 03:57:33 PM

Thanks for the tip, John. I will be looking into that myself. I've been using a metal pizza cutter. Those might make cutting blocks of wax easier too, without my having to buy a plug-in heated wax cutter.

Title: Re: Cheese Wires - For Cutting Cheese
Post by: Cheese Head on September 12, 2009, 04:27:54 PM

Riha, the website doesn't say but I assume they are stainless steel as otherwise in humid climate here in Houston they would rust quite quickly. Nope haven't used yet, soon ;). I don't have a tool for measuring how thick the wire is. So here's a picture of a flex test. From above picture you can see wire is already partly bent, handles are solid plastic but small and total wire length is 300 mm/11-7/8". Hope it gives you a feel for the wire's thickness/strength, they are thin but not that thin like you get on some fine fishing line. I couldn't see reeling this onto a fishing reel.

I'd have never found them in that webstore if after choosing my other items I hadn't had a quick search on that website on word "cheese".

Excuse reflection of potlights in kitchen ceiling.

Title: Re: Cheese Wires - For Cutting Cheese
Post by: DeejayDebi on September 13, 2009, 03:00:12 AM

They appear thicker than I first thought.

Title: Re: Cheese Wires - For Cutting Cheese
Post by: wharris on September 13, 2009, 05:15:20 PM

I wonder how the Stainless Steel wire i used for my curd knife (http://cheeseforum.org/forum/index.php/topic,726.msg4548.html#msg4548) would do in this capacity...

I will give it a try.

I have about 570feet of this left over....

lol

Title: Re: Cheese Wires - For Cutting Cheese
Post by: DeejayDebi on September 14, 2009, 03:21:00 AM

Well Wayne you have plenty for back up!  ;)

Title: Re: Cheese Wires - For Cutting Cheese
Post by: wharris on September 14, 2009, 12:07:54 PM

If someone would like to try this wire, I would be happy to coil up 6ft of my wire and send it free of charge.

(Otherwise, It will never get used....)

Title: Re: Cheese Wires - For Cutting Cheese
Post by: DeejayDebi on September 15, 2009, 01:06:45 AM

I have a roll of fishing wire I still haven't gotten around to using! I wonder how that'd work if it were tied to a hack saw? Maybe a nice chrome one?

Title: Re: Cheese Wires - For Cutting Cheese
Post by: wharris on September 15, 2009, 01:08:04 AM

I would just make sure it's stainless steel.

Title: Re: Cheese Wires - For Cutting Cheese
Post by: DeejayDebi on September 15, 2009, 01:10:49 AM

Ah good point! I forgot about that - DUH!

Title: Re: Cheese Wires - For Cutting Cheese
Post by: wharris on September 15, 2009, 01:15:04 AM

I am sending out 1 wire.  I am happy to cut more samples and get it in tomorrow mail.

Title: Re: Cheese Wires - For Cutting Cheese
Post by: DeejayDebi on September 15, 2009, 01:17:23 AM

I have seen these marble things in stores with wire choppers for cutting cheese. I wondered how well they worked. Very pricey!

Title: Re: Cutting Cheese - Cheese Wires
Post by: Baby Chee on September 26, 2009, 12:18:05 AM

These arrived to me a few days back.  I love them.  Extremely practical and cheap!

Title: Re: Cutting Cheese - Cheese Wires
Post by: Baby Chee on October 15, 2009, 03:41:38 PM

UPDATE : These are very nice, but they definitely fatigue and break quickly.  After 2 wheels I just snapped my first.  Luckily they are relatively inexpensive.

Title: Re: Cutting Cheese - Cheese Wires
Post by: wharris on October 15, 2009, 06:27:41 PM

Baby Chee,
I would love to know how my spool of wire would perform in comparison.

Can I send you a length of wire?

Title: Re: Cutting Cheese - Cheese Wires
Post by: Baby Chee on October 15, 2009, 09:51:40 PM

Sure.  I'm always cutting the cheese.
 :-\ Hmm.  Sounds wrong.

Title: Re: Cutting Cheese - Cheese Wires
Post by: DeejayDebi on October 19, 2009, 12:03:55 AM

The wires look like they are easily replacable. I haven't tried mine yet. Nothing ready to cut right now.

Title: Re: Cutting Cheese - Cheese Wires
Post by: Baby Chee on October 26, 2009, 03:16:20 PM

Ok, Wayne.  I got the envelope a few minutes ago and took pictures.  Sorry I can't get my camera to work well on close up detail of the wire, but here's what I've got for you...
(http://cityofclifford.com/Wire1.jpg)
(http://cityofclifford.com/Wire2.jpg)
The wire you provided and the wire I purchased look and feel identical.  No size difference that I can tell.

While taking the pictures, I figured a person could easily save a buncha bux if they have a couple simple wood handles, use a table saw to cut a center groove, and then merely wrap wire and tie tight.  You just have to redo the wire every few cheese wheels, but that wire must be $2 for lots of length, so you could have dozens of these across the years for less than the price of 12 plastic ones from a store.

Title: Re: Cutting Cheese - Cheese Wires
Post by: Boofer on December 11, 2009, 04:38:13 PM

Hey Wayne, is your offer still available? I just crossed this thread looking for cheese wire cutters.

-Boofer-

Title: Re: Cutting Cheese - Cheese Wires
Post by: wharris on December 11, 2009, 05:18:39 PM

Sure.  just PM me your address.