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Finnish outdoor utility knife, puukko Retractable blade knife with replaceable utility blade A utility knife is any type of knife used for general manual work purposes. [1] Such knives were originally fixed-blade knives with durable cutting edges suitable for rough work such as cutting cordage, cutting/scraping hides, butchering animals, cleaning fish scales, reshaping timber, and other tasks.
Ka-Bar (/ ˈ k eɪ. b ɑːr /; trademarked as KA-BAR) is the contemporary popular name for the combat knife first adopted by the United States Marine Corps in November 1942 as the 1219C2 combat knife (later designated the USMC Mark 2 combat knife or Knife, Fighting Utility), and subsequently adopted by the United States Navy as the U.S. Navy utility knife, Mark 2.
A kitchen knife is any knife that is intended to be used in food preparation.While much of this work can be accomplished with a few general-purpose knives — notably a large chef's knife and a smaller serrated blade utility knife — there are also many specialized knives that are designed for specific tasks such as a tough cleaver, a small paring knife, and a bread knife.
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A linoleum knife (also called a banana knife or hook axe) [1] is a small knife that has a short, stiff blade with a curved point and a handle and is used to cut linoleum [2] or other sheet materials such as wood panelling, [3] wood veneer, [4] and mica sheets. [5] The knife is similar in design to the sickle and billhook. Like most cutting ...
This singleness of purpose originally distinguished the fighting knife from the field knife, fighting utility knife, or in modern usage, the tactical knife. The tactical knife is a knife with one or more military features designed for use in extreme situations, which may or may not include a design capability as a fighting or combat weapon. [ 6 ]
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A gravity knife is a knife with a blade contained in its handle, which opens its blade through the force of gravity. [1] This mechanism of opening is fundamentally different from the switchblade, which extends its spring-propelled blade automatically upon the push of a button, switch, or fulcrum lever. [1]