If it’s a genuine Spar, you’d better!! 
So, who cut the cheese?
In our house, people vie for that honor!
Made in Norway of stainless steel – don’t see the Spar name, though, so maybe not.
Usually I just cut the cheese so I’m curious about the benefits of shaving it instead. Are you trying to get more surface area by thin slicing? Is it longer strips that you want? Is it the physical mechanism of pulling that’s preferable and easier on the wrist than forcing a knife down and through? Just curious…
As well they should.
(bolding mine) It’s nice to know that household tasks are so carefully assigned at chez lieu.
Nice sized pieces of shaved cheese make for a better sandwich (more subtle than a slab o’ cheese in the middle), and better melting if that is your bag. You can have just as much cheese, but better integrated into the whole product.
Roddy
I’m Norwegian, and I travel nowhere without a cheese slicer. How can people stand those thick chunks of cheese? Like good hams, cheeses need a large surface area to maximize their flavor.
Thor Bjørklund invented and patented the cheese slicer in 1925, and his company (link) still exists and makes them. They are still the best for that crumbly cheese. They were sold under the name “Spar” for many years, but nowadays they only use the “Bjørklund” name (sometimes stamped with a stylized B).
Search Amazon for “Bjorklund cheese slicer”. There are a couple of US vendors.
Or be modern, and go for their new non-stick (Amitto) models. This swedish webshop has a US presence and have lots slicers, Bjørklunds among them. I have no idea about the shop otherwise though.
krunen, Thank You for that info!!!
You speak the Truth of fromage. The Waarheid of Kaas. Feta facts.
The Mantra of Meunster. The Basics of Brick. The Guide of Gouda. The Essence of Emmenthaler.
You know Jack. 
I see the OP means those glorified potato peelers the Danes make. I was thinking more like a Rotage, lots more fun to use.
Sorry for the sidetrack, but OP, if you folks consumme so much cheese in your abode, do you ever experience “difficulty” in the bathroom? :eek:
(I guess this would more appropriately be called a “Threadshit.”) 
You have to alternate bites of cheese with sips of Miralax!
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{snip} In our household we’ve got at least 3 wire cutters (various sizes and arrangements for various needs), a cheese knife, about 5 cheese shavers (two of which now work on the aged stuff), and about 5 different styles of graters.
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I hate you…
j/k! Bon appétit!