Steak Knives

Types Of Steak Knives

Carving

A carving knife is a large knife whose size is between 8 and 15 inches and is used to slice thin cuts of meat, the meat include poultry, roasts, hams, and further large cooked meats. A carving knife is thinner in size particularly at the spine, which enables to carve thinner and more precise and accurate slices. Their blade is shorter and wider than slicing knives.

Slicing Knife

A slicing knife serves similarly to a carving knife but it is often longer and narrower from the edge. Slice knife have plain or serrated edges. Slicing knives often hold incorporate blunted or rounded tips which is a precaution from any injury, and has a great feature of kullenschiff or granton edge done by the use of scalloped blades which progress meat separation. Slicers are specially designed for more precise cut, smaller, and thinner slices of meat, and are often consider being more flexible to accomplish the task of slicing the meat

Cleaver Knife

Cleaver is a large, rectangular knife that is used in cutting meat pieces. The blade of cleaver is approximately 6 inches long with a thick spine and it is very heavy, this thick spine enables the knife to chop through bone and joints very easily. Cleavers usually have a hole in its handle to allow cleavers to be easily stored on a rack. Two famous types of cleaver’s are Chinese and western cleaver. Chinese leaver can be found in many different sizes. Different thickness of slices can be cut from cleaver. Chinese cleaver is more popular then western cleaver.

Boning Knife

A boning knife is used mainly to remove bones from cuts of meat. This knife holds thin, flexible blade which is about 5 or 6 inches long and helps to remove the meat from small spaces. A stiff boning knife is good for the meat of beef and pork or any red meat, but a lithe boning knife is better for poultry and fish meat.

Fillet

A fillet knife is the most flexible then boning knife which is used to make fillet of meat and prepare fillet of fish. Fillet knife has a blade that is flexible and about 6 to 11 inches long, this blade allow the knife to move easily within the backbone and under the skin of meat and specially good for fish meat.

Ham Slicer

A ham slicer as name shows used in cutting the ham. It is a unusual type of slicer having long blade with rounded tip, offered by some famous chefs. They are very flexible and thin.

Famous Companies For Steak Knives

1. Laguiole steak knives are not a brand name or label. Rather, it is a small village in the auvergne region in france. Laguiole jean dubost steak knives are one of its famous features and are fine steak knives.
2. Towle steak knives are the antique knives made up of stainless steel. These knives have special blades, which makes the chef comfort in cutting the slices of meat.
3. Henckels steak knives company holds world number one knives which are expert in the knowledge of knives. They care their production of knives from the quality of steel to the process of manufacturing. This company completed its 275 years service in knives. Henckels four star steak knives are the set of 4 knives and are famous for their use to slice different cuts.
4. Vollrath steak knives are famous due to their wooden steak knives and blade cuts. These blade cuts enable the chefs to cut the meat easily. Few of its knives are flexible and weightless.
5. Wusthof classic steak knives company with a rich heritage, ed. Wusthof knives providing to world since 1814 and are consider being the best steak knives.
6. Steak house steak knives is another global steak knives available in all convenient stores and on online shops