Patent ID: 7856910

Claim:
A method of balancing a kitchen knife, said method comprising: configuring said knife to have a blade and a handle formed together to define a unitary construction thereby such that there is no substantial discontinuity formed between said blade and said handle, said handle defining a hollow compartment therein and at least one weight sized to fit within said hollow compartment; establishing access to said hollow compartment such that said at least one weight can only be added through an open end of said handle that is axially opposite said blade; and situating said at least one weight in a user-determined variable axial position in said hollow compartment such that a substantial entirety of said at least one weight is disposed in said hollow compartment, wherein said at least one weight is fixed in said axial position, and wherein said at least one weight is selectively positionable and fixable in said hollow compartment in different axial positions along substantially the entire length of the handle to substantially adjust the balance of the knife including a position in which the entire weight is axially spaced from said open end of said handle.