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TheParmesan knife orgrana knife, known in Italian astagliagrana, is aknife with a teardrop-shaped blade and a round wooden handle, used to breakhard cheeses such asParmesan andgrana into shards.[1] Bigger knives with a flat handle that can be hammered are used to cut open the cheesewheels, the crusts of which are rather hard.
It is depicted in the official logo ofPDO Parmesan.