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Mark Thorson > wrote:

> If it weren't for the two spikes in the middle,
> I'd say it was a cheese slicer. It looks something
> like a curd knife (used to cut the curd into cubes
> during cheesemaking), but it's way too small for
> that.
>
> Could it be an unusual form of cake rake?
>
> If not, what are those spikes for?

I'd guess that the spikes were a precursor to modern day rollers. They
appear to simply be a thickness controller to me. Personally, I'd break
them off so that I could slice the cheese any thickness I wanted.
The best cheese slicer I ever owned had the roller fail which I removed
and could then slice cheese up to an inch and a half thick. It was great
for cubing along with slicing but required eyeballing.

leo