In article <leoblaisdell-6A5C28.00055812072008
@newsclstr02.news.prodigy.com>, says...
> I once owned a cheap cheese cutter. It looked like an ordinary cheese
> cutter that anyone could buy anywhere and anyone still can. But it was
> dirt cheap and the roller fell off. From that point I could cut cheese
> up to an inch and a half thick. After many years, the wire broke.
> I thought it would be no big deal to get another and destroy the roller,
> but it is a big deal. I can't find a cheese cutter that is made as
> poorly, and the damned roller is riveted in or worse with newer cutters.
> I can't remove the roller without destroying the contraption, and that's
> a shame.
> I crave a three and a half to four inch taught wire on prongs with an
> ordinary handle. I've googled and failed, but I'm willing to be
> enlightened.
>
> leo
>

I tend to use un-flavored dental floss to cut cheese. Just wrap the ends
around your fingers and cut!

If you want to get fancy you can even notch a piece of hardwood that
lets you cut right to the bottom of the cheese.