This pastry cutter has a classic look, with a natural wood handle and a durable brass head. Cut pasta or ravioli dough, shortcrust pastry for a lattice or sugar paste icing to decorate cakes. In pasta making, brass cutters are highly valued due to brass's low melting point and malleability, meaning a more precise mold cut can be formed. The relatively heavy brass also naturally pushes down into the dough, cutting more effectively.