The world of knives is packed with lots of different shapes sizes and styles.
Each knife is designed for a particular purpose. That purpose might be quite broad, like the all-rounder design of the Chef’s knife, made for a range of chopping, slicing and dicing tasks.
However; there are also the much more specific knives. Knives like the carving knife, made for a single purpose.
How can you identify a carving knife, well that’ what I’m going to discuss.
Carving knives are not serrated. Carving knives have a relatively flat and long blade that is thin and extremely sharp. That makes carving knives perfect for carving thin slices of meat. Serrated knives would tear through the meat which can release moisture and reduce the flavor, that’s why long serrated knives are more commonly used for bread rather than carving meat.
