Utility knife

Utility Knife
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Utility knife: A smaller, lighter version of the chef's knife; its blade is usually between 5 and 7 inches long.
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Using a utility knife, separate top fillet from backbone; cut into serving-size pieces. Lift up tail; pull forward to free backbone from lower fillet. Cut lower fillet into serving-size pieces. Remove skin, if desired.

We think this slicer/utility knife would make a great candidate for your third knife or fourth knife (if you're just out of control). It goes by the catchy name of Kitchen Knife and slices, chops, dices, carves - it does a bit of everything.

One 12.5-15cm blade length utility knife for general use
One 20-22.5cm length blade cooks knife for chopping and dicing
A bread knife
A carving knife and fork set
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The blade is usually shorter than that of a paring knife, although a bird's beak knife can perform many of the same functions. The curved blade can also make a bird's beak knife a very useful utility knife around the kitchen, ...

See also: Knife, Kitchen, Cooking, Paring knife, Fruit