Editing Knife (section)

===Tools===
[[File:Canivete Western.jpg|thumb|Western]]
[[Image:Diving knife.JPG|right|thumb|Diver's knife from [[Three bolt equipment]]]]
[[File:Knives in a cheese shop.jpg|thumb|Knives for cutting [[cheese]]]]
As a utility tool the knife can take many forms, including:
* [[Bowie knife]]: Commonly, any large sheath knife, or a specific style of large knife popularized by [[Jim Bowie]].
[[File:Arbelos Shoemakers Knife.jpg|right|thumb|180px|A Head knife (Round knife).]]
* Bushcraft knife: A sturdy, normally fixed blade knife used while camping in the wilderness.
* Camping knife: A camping knife is used for camping and survival purposes in a wilderness environment.
* Head knife or Round knife: A knife with a semicircular blade used since antiquity to cut leather.
* [[Crooked knife]]: Sometimes referred to as a "curved knife", "carving knife" or in the Algonquian language the "mocotaugan" is a utilitarian knife used for carving.
* [[Diving Knives#Tools|Diver's knife]]: A knife adapted for use in diving and water sports and a necessary part of [[standard diving dress]].
* Electrician's knife: A short-bladed knife used to cut electrical insulation.  Also, a folding knife with a large screw driver as well as a blade.  Typically the screwdriver locks, but the blade may not lock.
* Folding knife: A folding knife is a knife with one or more blades that fit inside the handle that can still fit in a pocket. It is also known as a jackknife or jack-knife.
* [[Hunting knife]]: A knife used to dress large game.
* Kiridashi: A small Japanese knife having a chisel grind and a sharp point, used as a general-purpose utility knife.
* [[Linoleum knife]]: is a small knife that has a short, stiff blade with a curved point and a handle and is used to cut [[linoleum]] or other sheet materials.
* [[Machete]]: A large heavy knife used to cut through thick vegetation such as sugar cane or jungle undergrowth; it may be used as an offensive weapon.
* [[Marking knife]]: A woodworking tool used for marking out workpieces.
* [[Palette knife]]: A knife, or [[frosting spatula]], lacking a cutting edge, used by artists for tasks such as mixing and applying paint and in [[cooking]] for spreading [[icing (food)|icing]].
* [[Paper knife]]: Or a "letter opener" it is a knife made of metal or plastic, used for opening mail.
* [[Pocketknife]]: a folding knife designed to be carried in a pants pocket. Subtypes include:
** [[Lockback knife]]: a folding knife with a mechanism that locks the blade into the open position, preventing accidental closure while in use
** [[Multi-tool]] and [[Swiss Army knife]], which combine a folding knife blade with other tools and implements, such as pliers, scissors, or screwdrivers
* Produce knife: A knife with a rectangular profile and a blunt front edge used by grocers to cut [[produce]].
* [[Rigging knife]]: A knife used to cut [[rigging]] in sailing vessels.
* [[Scalpel]]: A medical knife, used to perform [[surgery]].
* [[Straight razor]]: A reusable knife blade used for [[shaving]] hair.
* [[Survival knife]]: A sturdy knife, sometimes with a hollow handle filled with survival equipment.
* [[Switchblade]]: A knife with a folding blade that springs out of the grip when a button or lever on the grip is pressed.
* [[Utility knife]]: A short knife with a replaceable (typically) triangular blade, used for cutting sheet materials including [[card stock]], [[paperboard]], and [[corrugated fiberboard]], also called a ''[[boxcutter]] knife'' or ''boxcutter''
* [[Wood carving knife]] and [[whittling]] knives: Knives used to shape wood in the arts of [[wood carving]] and whittling, often with short, thin replaceable blades for better control.
* [[Craft knife]]: A scalpel-like form of non-retractable utility knife with a (typically) long handle and a replaceable pointed blade, used for precise, clean cutting in arts and crafts, often called an ''[[X-acto knife]]'' in the US and Canada after the popular brand name.
[[Image:Japanese-Letter-Opener.jpg|right|thumb|A simple letter opener, or paper knife]]