Knives are useful to us in many ways. From kitchen knives to Chef’s knives and from utility knives to hunting knives, they prove to be a very handy tool in our day to day life. However, not every knife can do the task of other knife in an efficient manner. So, all kinds of Custom knives have developed over time to serve different purposes. Some of the most common types of Knives are as follows:
Meat Carving Knife
Carving Custom knives are used for cutting thin slices of meat. The meat usually cut by Carving Custom knives is that of Hams, roasts, poultry etc. Meat Carving knives are considerably thinner than a regular Chef’s knife. It is good for thinner, precise cutting.
Boning Knife
Boning knives are also a kind of meat knife. Boning Custom knives may range in size from 3” to 8” and are mainly used for separating meat from the bones. Boning Custom knives may vary from thinner and narrow flexible blades to wide stiff blade depending upon the need and usage.
Butcher knife
Butcher Custom knives normally identified with heavy, long and wide, slightly curved blades. These knives are used for cutting, sectioning and trimming big pieces of meat. Breaking Custom knives are also similar to Butcher’s knife and used for cutting smaller pieces of meat out of big and large chunks.
Chef's Knife
Chef's Custom knives or "cook's knives" are the most commonly used knife in kitchens of restaurants. Usually Chef’s knife range from 8” to 12” and have a wide blade that taper to a point. It is put to use for a number of tasks like chopping, slicing and mincing.
Cleaver knife
Cleaver Custom knives have a long and almost rectangular wide blade which is used for chopping and cutting through thick meat and bones. Deba knife can be considered a medium duty Cleaver knife. It is more suitable for cutting fish and harder vegetables.
Paring Knife
Paring Custom knives are second-best to a Chef’s knife as far as versatility of use in commercial kitchens is concerned. There are spear point Paring knives also which are apt for purposes like removing corn from the cob, breaking up head of lettuce, cutting beans and for peeling fruits and vegetables. Bird’s Beak paring knife has a downward arching blade much like a bird’s beak and it is useful in peeling round fruits and vegetables.
Utility Knife
Utility Custom knives are almost like a cross between paring knives and slicing knives and have a scalloped edge and are efficient for slicing softer fruits and vegetables such as squash or tomato. , and can be considered a cross between a paring knife and a slicing knife. A sharp utility knife is very efficient for slicing softer fruits and vegetables, such as tomatoes or squash. Utility knives are also great for cutting large melon rings, cutting heads of lettuce into wedges, preparing cabbage for shredding, and halving citrus fruits.
Auto knife
An Auto knife is also known as the switchblade knife. Auto knife are called so because their design is such that the blade of the Auto knife is hidden in the handle and it is locked with a pushbutton or latch to stay inside the handle. But when the button is pressed, because of spring action or action of gravity, the blade immediately comes out and gets fixed in an open position.
The Auto knife maybe in the side opening design or the OTF, (Out of the front) opening design. In the side opening Auto knife, the knife blade folds shut from the side of the handle and swings open in a semi circular movement when pushbutton is released. In the OTF design the blade comes out from the tip of the handle in a straight path. Auto knife was considered a “Gang’s knife” so its use has been restricted many times but it is presently used in military, by emergency personal and is also bought by collectors of knives.
Butterfly knife
A butterfly knife, is also known as a Balisong or a “fan knife” because it opens and folds in a fan-like movement with two handles and a blade. A Butterfly knife is a type of folding pocket knife which has two handles, rotating around the “tang” in an anti-clockwise motion. These handles of Butterfly knife are designed in such a manner that when the knife’s blade is closed, the blade comes and rests in the specially made grooves in the two handles to envelope the blade. The Butterfly Knife has been traditionally used as a utility knife and as a self-defense knife.
Hunting Knife
As is very much evident from the name itself, a hunting knife is a knife designed to assist hunters in their hunting expeditions. It is the favorite knife form of Custom knives collectors. However, a hunting knife is more likely to be used in preparing the game as a food than for the purpose of stabbing or killing the game. For killing a game animal, hunting daggers are used and hunting Custom knives are used for skinning and cutting the meat of a killed game for the purpose of cooking it. Hunting knives may also be used as camp knives or as machetes and hatchets.
Meat Carving Knife
Carving Custom knives are used for cutting thin slices of meat. The meat usually cut by Carving Custom knives is that of Hams, roasts, poultry etc. Meat Carving knives are considerably thinner than a regular Chef’s knife. It is good for thinner, precise cutting.
Boning Knife
Boning knives are also a kind of meat knife. Boning Custom knives may range in size from 3” to 8” and are mainly used for separating meat from the bones. Boning Custom knives may vary from thinner and narrow flexible blades to wide stiff blade depending upon the need and usage.
Butcher knife
Butcher Custom knives normally identified with heavy, long and wide, slightly curved blades. These knives are used for cutting, sectioning and trimming big pieces of meat. Breaking Custom knives are also similar to Butcher’s knife and used for cutting smaller pieces of meat out of big and large chunks.
Chef's Knife
Chef's Custom knives or "cook's knives" are the most commonly used knife in kitchens of restaurants. Usually Chef’s knife range from 8” to 12” and have a wide blade that taper to a point. It is put to use for a number of tasks like chopping, slicing and mincing.
Cleaver knife
Cleaver Custom knives have a long and almost rectangular wide blade which is used for chopping and cutting through thick meat and bones. Deba knife can be considered a medium duty Cleaver knife. It is more suitable for cutting fish and harder vegetables.
Paring Knife
Paring Custom knives are second-best to a Chef’s knife as far as versatility of use in commercial kitchens is concerned. There are spear point Paring knives also which are apt for purposes like removing corn from the cob, breaking up head of lettuce, cutting beans and for peeling fruits and vegetables. Bird’s Beak paring knife has a downward arching blade much like a bird’s beak and it is useful in peeling round fruits and vegetables.
Utility Knife
Utility Custom knives are almost like a cross between paring knives and slicing knives and have a scalloped edge and are efficient for slicing softer fruits and vegetables such as squash or tomato. , and can be considered a cross between a paring knife and a slicing knife. A sharp utility knife is very efficient for slicing softer fruits and vegetables, such as tomatoes or squash. Utility knives are also great for cutting large melon rings, cutting heads of lettuce into wedges, preparing cabbage for shredding, and halving citrus fruits.
Auto knife
An Auto knife is also known as the switchblade knife. Auto knife are called so because their design is such that the blade of the Auto knife is hidden in the handle and it is locked with a pushbutton or latch to stay inside the handle. But when the button is pressed, because of spring action or action of gravity, the blade immediately comes out and gets fixed in an open position.
The Auto knife maybe in the side opening design or the OTF, (Out of the front) opening design. In the side opening Auto knife, the knife blade folds shut from the side of the handle and swings open in a semi circular movement when pushbutton is released. In the OTF design the blade comes out from the tip of the handle in a straight path. Auto knife was considered a “Gang’s knife” so its use has been restricted many times but it is presently used in military, by emergency personal and is also bought by collectors of knives.
Butterfly knife
A butterfly knife, is also known as a Balisong or a “fan knife” because it opens and folds in a fan-like movement with two handles and a blade. A Butterfly knife is a type of folding pocket knife which has two handles, rotating around the “tang” in an anti-clockwise motion. These handles of Butterfly knife are designed in such a manner that when the knife’s blade is closed, the blade comes and rests in the specially made grooves in the two handles to envelope the blade. The Butterfly Knife has been traditionally used as a utility knife and as a self-defense knife.
Hunting Knife
As is very much evident from the name itself, a hunting knife is a knife designed to assist hunters in their hunting expeditions. It is the favorite knife form of Custom knives collectors. However, a hunting knife is more likely to be used in preparing the game as a food than for the purpose of stabbing or killing the game. For killing a game animal, hunting daggers are used and hunting Custom knives are used for skinning and cutting the meat of a killed game for the purpose of cooking it. Hunting knives may also be used as camp knives or as machetes and hatchets.