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A fillet knife (also called a filleting knife) is a kitchen knife used for filleting. It gives good control and aids in filleting. It is a very flexible member of the boning knife family that is used to filet and prepare fish. Fillet knife blades are typically 15 to 28 cm (6 to 11 in) long. This allows them to move easily along the backbone and ...
A variety of blade materials can be used to make the blade of a knife or other simple edged hand tool or weapon, such as a sickle, hatchet, or sword. The most common blade materials are carbon steel, stainless steel, tool steel, and alloy steel. Less common materials in blades include cobalt and titanium alloys, ceramic, obsidian, and plastic.
An X-Acto knife equipped with a "Number 2" blade Parts of an X-Acto knife from left to right: (1) handle, (2) collar, (3) collet, (4) blade. An X-Acto knife is a blade mounted on a pen-like aluminum body. A knurled collar loosens and tightens an aluminum collet with one slot, which holds a replaceable blade.
Fish serving cutlery (end of 19th century). Fish knives, like most highly specialized utensils, date back to Victorian era.The fish knife was preceded in the 18th century by a silver fish slice (also known as fish trowel, fish carver, and fish knife [2]), [1] a broad tool used for serving fish (thus yet another name, fish server), pudding, [3] and other soft desserts.
Chopsticks – East and Southeast Asian utensil. Skewer. Tongs. Toothpick. Cocktail stick. Drinking straw. Cutlery – A set of Western utensils: usually knife, fork and spoon. Sujeo – A paired set of Korean utensils: a spoon and chopsticks. Food pusher - a utensil with a blade set at 90° to the handle, used for pushing food onto a spoon or ...
The endpoint of the cutting edge at the front of the blade, opposite to the heel, is called the toe. A Solingen straight razor with a somewhat rounded French point, 1⁄2 hollow ground 16 mm (5⁄8 in) blade and single stabiliser in a three pin handle configuration. The middle pin adds stability and rigidity to the handle.
A late-20th-century can opener with a rotating cutting wheel and a counter-rotating serrated wheel, for left-handed use. A can opener (North American and Australian English) or tin opener (British English) is a mechanical device used to open metal tin cans. Although preservation of food using tin cans had been practiced since at least 1772 in ...
[7] [8] Hacks can occur anywhere across campus, and occasionally off campus; many make use of the iconic Great Dome, [9] [10] Little Dome, [11] Green Building tower, [12] [13] or other prominent architectural features [14] of the MIT campus. Well-known hacker alumni include Nobel Laureates Richard P. Feynman [15] and George F. Smoot. [16]