Each part of a cheese knife has a job:

• The holes in a soft cheese knife keep gooey cheese from sticking to the blade, so you don't make a mess of your cheese service.
• The point lets you spear a piece of cheese and pick it up. Any cheese knife with a point works this way.
• The shape depends on the texture. A small spade knife, for example, cuts hard cheese into wedges, and then you can spear the cheese with its tip.

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