Pizza cutter
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History
The Italian Silvio Pacitti invented the mezzaluna (Italian for "half moon") shaped blade in 1708. This utensil was a rounded blade that impacted its target and finished with a rolling motion across the object to create a clean cut (as opposed to dragging across the target, as with standard knives). It was intended to assist in cutting herbs and vegetables and could be found in either a single or double blade.
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Varieties
There are two main types of pizza cutters.
The most common uses a wheel that rotates in a circle while a person moves the cutter in a direction that they would like to cut the pizza. People can also use the wheel pizza cutter for things such as craft work.
The other type is a large curved knife called a mezzaluna, which is rocked back and forth to cut the pizza. Some types of mezzalunas (particularly the double-bladed type) are often used to mince herbs or chop vegetables.
These two types of pizza cutters come in many different sizes.