Types of knives

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About This Presentation

This presentation shows the different knife shapes and functions.


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Types of knives

Blade Composition
Carbon Steel
Stainless Steel
High-Carbon Stainless Steel

Knife Parts
Point
Tip
Blade
Back
Cutting edge
Bolster
Heel
Rivets
Handle
Tang

Knife Tang
Full tang-Most powerful
Partial tang

Types and Uses of Knives
Chefs
Slicer
Boning
Paring
Tournée
Fillet
Butcher

Chef’s Knife
Most important knife
Peeling, trimming, chopping, slicing,
dicing

Slicer
Long thin blade
Used for cutting large food such as meat and
poultry

Serrated Slicer
Toothed like
Used for slicing soft foods such as cake, bread and
tomatoes

Boning Knife
Used to remove bones from meat, fish
and poultry

Paring Knife
Pares or trims off the peel from fruits and vegetables

Tournée Knife
Curved bladed knife used to trim potatoes and other
vegetables into football shapes

Tournée Cuts

Fillet Knife
Fillet fish

Butcher Knife
Cut meat, fish or poultry
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