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Knife. A Bowie knife of pattern-welded steel. A knife ( pl.: knives; from Old Norse knifr 'knife, dirk' [1]) is a tool or weapon with a cutting edge or blade, usually attached to a handle or hilt. One of the earliest tools used by humanity, knives appeared at least 2.5 million years ago, as evidenced by the Oldowan tools.
Kitchen knife made of Carbon steel, HRC 61.5 with typical stains. Carbon steel is an alloy of iron and carbon, often including other elements such as vanadium and manganese. Carbon steel commonly used in knives has around 1.0% carbon (ex. AISI 1095), is inexpensive, and holds its edge well. Carbon steel is normally easier to resharpen than many ...
The gyūtō ( 牛刀 ぎゅうとう, gyūtō) 'beef knife' is the Japanese term for a French (or Western) chef's knife. The gyūtō were originally, and sometimes still called yo-boucho 洋包丁 meaning 'Western chefs knife'. The santoku 'three-virtue' knife is a style hybridized with traditional knives for more functionality. It is smaller ...
The term "utility knife" may also refer to small fixed-blade knives used for crafts, model-making and other artisanal projects. These small knives feature light-duty blades best suited for cutting thin, lightweight materials. The small, thin blade and specialized handle permit cuts requiring a high degree of precision and control.
Dagger. The Fairbairn–Sykes fighting knife, a modern-day dagger. A dagger is a fighting knife with a very sharp point and usually one or two sharp edges, typically designed or capable of being used as a cutting or thrusting weapon. [1] [2] Daggers have been used throughout human history for close combat confrontations, [3] and many cultures ...
Clip point. A Bowie knife clearly showing the clip point. The clip point is one of the three most common shapes for the blade of a knife (the others being the drop point and the spear point ). Clip point blades have the appearance of having the forward third of the blade "clipped" off. The clip itself can be straight or concave.
Slipjoint. A slipjoint knife is one of the most ubiquitous types of pocketknives. A slipjoint knife consists of a handle with one or more folding blades. These blades are held in position by a strong "backspring" which biases them towards the open and closed position (that is the spring tries to hold the blade closed until it has been pulled ...
Water buffalo horn, wooden. The karambit or kerambit (as used in Indonesian ), kurambik or karambiak (both from the Minangkabau language) is a small Indonesian curved knife resembling a claw, associated with the Minangkabau people of West Sumatra. The karambit is one of the weapons commonly used in pencak silat and Filipino martial arts.