A utility knife is any type of knife used for general manual work purposes. Such knives were originally fixed-blade knives with durable cutting edges suitable for rough work such as cutting cordage, c
Retractable blade knife with replaceable utility blade
A Stanley 99E utility knife, fully retracted
Fixed-blade X-Acto knife for handicrafts and model making
A modern safety cutter at top, with blunted tip blade and cutting guide/tape hook. At bottom, an older style simple plastic box cutter using standard straight edged blades.
A kitchen knife is any knife that is intended to be used in food preparation, as opposed to a table knife used when eating, as part of a set of cutlery. While much of this work can be accomplished wit
Utility knife
…a prominent brand designed by the American tool manufacturing company Stanley Works (subsequently merged into Stanley Black & Decker). There is also a utility knife for kitchen use, which is sized between a chef's knife and paring knife. The fixed-blade utility knife was developed some 500,000 years ago, when human ancestors began…
A selection of various typical Western knife types found in a domestic kitchen. From the top: tourné, paring, utility, boning, cook's, bread, carving, chef's knife, meat cleaver
Japanese sashimi knives, displaying a pointed tip yanagi-ba bōchō and a straight square-tip blade on a tako-hiki bōchō
A Granton edge has air pockets along its side, as in this santoku-style knife.
A knife for soft cheese, with holes to reduce adhesion.