Knife

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Category	Type of Knife	Primary Use/Characteristic
Kitchen Knives	Chef's Knife	General-purpose food preparation, chopping, slicing.
	Paring Knife	Peeling, trimming, and other small, intricate tasks.
	Bread Knife	Serrated edge for slicing bread without crushing it.
	Cleaver	Large, rectangular blade for hacking through bone and tough cuts of meat.
Table Knives	Table/Dinner Knife	Moderate sharpness, rounded/blunt tip for cutting cooked food.
	Steak Knife	Sharper, often serrated, for cutting meat.
	Butter Knife	Blunt, flat-ended blade for spreading butter or soft spreads.
Utility/Field Knives	Pocketknife	Folding blade for everyday tasks; some are lockback (blade locks open).
	Swiss Army Knife/Multi-tool	Combines a folding knife blade with other tools (e.g., scissors, screwdrivers).
	Utility/Box Cutter	Often features a replaceable, retractable, or snap-off blade for cutting industrial materials, boxes, and packaging.
Combat/Tactical	Combat Knife	Designed primarily for military use and self-defense (e.g., the KA-BAR or Fairbairn–Sykes fighting knife).
	Dagger	Double-edged, acutely pointed weapon for thrusting.
Traditional/Cultural	Kukri	Nepalese knife with a distinct inward-curving edge, used as both a tool and a weapon.
	Kirpan	Ceremonial knife worn by baptized Sikhs.
	Ulu	Inuit woman's all-purpose knife with a crescent-shaped blade and a handle over the center.

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