Microplane
Brand of grater
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Microplane is a registered trademark[1] of Grace Manufacturing Inc., a company that makes photo etched steel tools (surform tools) for grating, grinding and sanding. It was created by brothers Richard & Jeff Grace in the mid-1990s. The Grace brothers set out to make a wood-carving rasper[2] and ended up with a new invention, which in 1991 would come to be called Microplane.[3]
Kitchen graters
Wood rasps
Microplane originally made wood rasps and shaving disks, and they still do.
Further reading
- Edge, John T. (January 11, 2011). "How the Microplane Grater Escaped the Garage". The New York Times.
- Barber, Casey (October 6, 2016). "Do you really need a Microplane for your kitchen? Yes, and here's why". www.today.com. NBC News.