Editing Knife (section)

===Utensils===
[[File:Old Swiss table knives.JPG|right|thumb|[[Table knife|Table knives]]]]
[[File:Dull vs. sharp.jpg|thumb|right|A butter knife (on the left) is used to spread butter, while a kitchen knife (on the right) is sharp enough to slice a carrot.]]
A primary aspect of the knife as a tool includes dining, used either in [[cooking|food preparation]] or as [[cutlery]]. Examples of this include:
* [[Kitchen knife#Bread knife|Bread knife]]: A knife with a serrated blade for cutting [[bread]]
* [[Boning knife]]: A knife used for removing the bones of [[poultry]], [[meat]], and [[fish]].
* [[Fillet knife|Fillet Knife:]] A knife a with flexible blade used to separate [[meat]] or [[Fish meat|fish]] from bones.
* [[Butcher knife|Butcher's Knife]]: A knife designed and used primarily for the butchering and/or dressing of animals.
* [[Kitchen knife#Carving|Carving knife]]: A knife for carving large cooked meats such as [[poultry]], [[Roasting|roasts]], [[hams]], and other large cooked meats.
* Canelle or Channel knife: The notch of the blade is used to cut a twist from a citrus fruit, usually in the preparation of cocktails
* [[Chef's knife]]: Also known as a French knife, a cutting tool used in preparing food
* [[Cleaver]]: A large knife that varies in its shape but usually resembles a rectangular-bladed hatchet. It is used mostly for hacking through bones as a kitchen knife or butcher knife, and can also be used for crushing via its broad side, typically garlic.
* [[Electric knife]]: An electrical device consisting of two serrated blades that are clipped together, providing a sawing action when powered on
* [[Kitchen knife]]: Any knife, including the chef's knife, that is intended to be used in food preparation
* [[Oyster knife]]: Has a short, thick blade for prying open oyster shells
* [[Mezzaluna]]: A two-handled arc-shaped knife used in a rocking motion as an [[herb chopper]] or for cutting other foods
* Paring or Coring Knife: A knife with a small but sharp blade used for cutting out the cores from fruit.
* Rocker knife is a knife that cuts with a rocking motion, which is primarily used by people whose disabilities prevent them from using a fork and knife simultaneously.<ref name="Braddom2010">Braddom, Randall L. (2010). ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=dxd4Kcy1StYC Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation]''. Elsevier Health Sciences [cited 28 April 2013]. {{ISBN|978-1-4377-3563-5}}. p. 568.</ref>
* [[Table knife]] or Case knife: A piece of cutlery, either a [[butter knife]], [[steak knife]], or both, that is part of a [[table setting]], accompanying the [[fork]] and [[spoon]]