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A term used for the X-Acto knife in parts of the world that has come to mean a boxcutter with a blade that snaps off to bring out a newer and sharper section once it is dulled.
A knife intended for arts and crafts, with a small detachable blade not unlike a scalpel's. Often used to trace straight cuts onto paper and whittle wood.
A kitchen knife with a narrower blade used in the removal of bones from poultry, meat, and fish. Its thin blade allows its insertion so that it can peel off the meat from the bone easily.
This knife's short but thick blade allows it to be inserted into an oyster's shell and subsequently pry the oyster's shell open. Used in preparing oysters for consumption as well as getting pearls.
A combat knife that gained its name after a trapper found himself without any other weapons and facing a bear. He wrote an illegible letter describing how he killed the bear, which was misread as "ka bar".
A knife meant to be used on wood for carving. This may be used to sharpen pencils or to make works of art. The blade is typically small compared to the handle.
A knife which is part of the standard dress for divers. This is meant to cut through nets and delve in the deep, and as such it is by necessity stainless.
A knife used at the dining table to cut through large slabs of meat, such as steak, and reduce them to bite-sized chunks for the fork to pick up.
