In the late 19th century, produce buyers carried a slender knife to cut a plug from a melon to assess its freshness. These "melon testers" caught on beyond the produce markets and even the knife makers from Case carried them into restaurants to cut their T-bones. Today’s Case Melon Testers are ripe with features like mirror-polished, stainless steel blades honed to a fine edge or finished with our exclusive Miracl-Edge