... to ask you about cheese knives?

[CHJR]

They baffle me. Are you supposed to supply one for each guest, one for each cheese, or just one for the whole table?
middle class problems

Does the nose apply to cheddar?

I love a good cheese knife. We didn't own one for years, but started collecting them later. Think we now have five, and a marble thing with a cheese wire on it for cheddar.

www.etiquettescholar.com/dining_etiquette/table_manners/dinner_etiquette/appetizers_and_soup/cheese.html

I've spent the last few decades offending polite company by eating what I now learn is the 'nose' of the cheese. I just thought it was the easiest bit to cut and avoided my causing mayhem on the table when wrestling with the wider sections!

You learn something new every day.

1. Cheese has a nose
2. You shouldn't cut the easiest bit.

Me and my friends love a cheese board and just dive right in.

But question, what if thr cheese is in a square, not a wedge. Which bit would be the nose? Or should the host cut it to a nose wedge?

I have bought this for a present. www.littlewoods.com/richardson-sheffield-love-colour-original-4-piece-cheese-knife-set-with-amour-chopping-board/1600133442.prd?_requestid=185648&Ntt=cheese%20knives. The people I bought them for like kitchen stuff. I only like cheddar and buy it pre packed and sliced!

I've got a cheese knife set in a wooden cheese board. Totally useless as you can't cut the cheese on the board as it would scratch the polished surface. hmm

But that's what the board's for! (Don't worry about scratching it.)

Please don't follow the advice in that American link (the horror!) this is the best guide I have found
www.thelocal.fr/20160622/be-on-your-best-briehaviour-a-guide-to-french-cheese-etiquette
However frankly if one manages not to scoff the lot before anyone else gets a look in, then that is manners enough where cheese is concerned. I love cheese.

Marist, the article I linked to answers your questions.