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101Pocket knife — A pocket knife is a folding knife with one or more blades that fit inside the handle that can still fit in a pocket. It is also known as a jackknife or jack knife.[1][2] Blades can range from 1 cm (1/2 inch) to as much as 30 cm… …
102Sliding knife — An OTF knife, showing the blade being extended from the handle. An OTF Knife, also known as an out the front knife, sliding knife, or telescoping knife, is a pocketknife with a blade that opens and closes through a hole in one end of the handle.… …
103Mora knife — Used Mora 510 Mora knife (in Swedish: Morakniv) is a term used to refer to a range of popular belt knives manufactured by the cutleries of the town of Mora in Dalarna, Sweden, primarily by Mora of Sweden. Having been used as every day knives in… …
104Sticking knife — A sticking knife is primarily an agricultural tool. Sticking knives resemble daggers in shape and function, but are made for the utilitarian purpose of sticking or bleeding out and livestock in home butchering. In some cases the animal would die… …
105Cheese knife — Main article: Kitchen knife A cheese cutter, an alternative cheese knife A cheese knife is a type of kitchen knife specialized for the cutting of cheese. Different cheeses require different knives, according primarily to hardness; most often… …
106Glass knife — A glass knife is a knife with a blade composed of glass. The cutting edge of a glass knife is formed from a fracture line, and is extremely sharp.Glass knives were used in antiquity due to their natural sharpness and the ease with which they… …
107bread knife — noun a knife used to cut bread • Hypernyms: ↑knife * * * noun : a knife with a long blade that has a serrated or scalloped edge * * * a knife designed or suitable for slicing bread, as one having a wavy or saw toothed blade. [1860 65] * * * bread …
108Ceramic knife — Two Kyocera ceramic knives. A ceramic knife is a knife made out of very hard and tough ceramic, often zirconium dioxide (ZrO2; also known as zirconia). These knives are usually produced by dry pressing zirconia powder and firing them through… …
109Butter knife — In common usage, a butter knife may refer to any table knife designed with a dull edge and rounded point; formal flatware patterns make a distinction between such a place knife (or table knife) and a butter knife. In this usage, a butter knife… …
110Riving knife — A riving knife is a safety device on table saws used for woodworking.Table saws are typically used for two functions cross cutting and ripping. Cross cutting is slicing a board across its width and across the grain of the wood. Ripping is cutting …
