Knife

Knives were a common sort of cutting tool used in everyday life, with a multitude of potential functions. Knives resembled daggers, but tended to be smaller and used for non-combat purposes.
==Description==
The average knife was a small single-edged, pointed blade, but they could also be serrated or hooked for specialized purposes. Typical heavy-duty blades were usually made from iron or steel, but dining cutlery could make use of brass and silver designs, and knapped flint or sharpened bone could also serve as cutting tools.
Knives and other small blades were often kept sharp through the regular use of a leather strop, a stiff piece of treated leather.
==Variations & Usage==
* Knives could be used as weapons if nothing else was available. Though they were generally not designed for combat and had a painfully short reach, a knife was more easily concealable and basically ubiquitous among all manner of folk, and so found regular use.
* Kitchen and table knives joined forks, spoons, plates, bowls, mugs, and cauldrons in the preparation and serving of meals for homes, inns, and taverns. The knife was a common unit of measurement used in cooking, referring to the amount of a gluey substance such as fat that could be held atop the flat of a large kitchen knife.
* Butcher's knives were used in conjunction with other tools in the shop to drain the blood from carcasses, skin them, and produce cuts of meat.
* Cleavers were a kind of heavy axe-like knife used for chopping through ingredients for cooking.
* Death knives, a variety of concealed knives.
* Folding knives were simple devices that folded one or two blades inside the handle.
* Hunting knives referred to those knives used for preparing fresh animal carcasses in the field, and were specialized for quickly gutting, cleaning, and skinning kills.
* Jugglables often included blunted knives among the other objects, in order to add some flair and drama to the performance. Sleight-of-hand "magic" tricks could also use special retractable knives that only appeared to impale the subject.
* Medical tools included various fine and delicate knives such as scalpels intended for cutting into a patient and addressing internal injury or illness. Dissections, anatomy studies, and the harvesting of reagents from carcasses used a similar set of knives and other tools.
* Neverwinter knives were small blades that could be hidden inside jewelery and accessories.
* Penknives were small, delicate blades used for office work.
* Push knives were small T-shaped blades of minimal size, designed to be stabbed into the target.
* Razors were extremely sharp, fine blades that were ideally used for carefully shaving hair. They could also be used for cutting throats.
* Leatherworkers used specialized tools for working with hides and leather. The round knife was a large-bladed knife used for slicing through material, while the swivel knife was a small and delicate chisel-like tool.
* Sashimi knives were a type of of kitchen knife unique to Kozakura, so named for their use in preparing sashimi.
* Scaling knives were blades used to remove scales from fish.
* Shanks were simple blades mainly used by cheap thugs and thieves.
* Skinning knives were large, solid blades used by hunters and butchers, designed to carefully cut through hides and remove them without damaging them or the meat.
* Taxidermy knives were thin, delicate blades used to prepare remains for preservation.
* Throwing knives were light, balanced blades designed to be thrown rather than used to thrust or slash.
* Ulu knife, a knife variety used in Icewind Dale.
==Notable Knives==
* Buckle knife, a magical knife that could be disguised as a belt buckle.
* Knife of the bowyer, a magical blade used for carving wood and making bows.
* Uzzak-Szalzik's knife, a deadly enchanted blade.
* Valmous's carving knife, a magical blade that could easy cut through stone.
==Appendix==
===See Also===
* Dagger
* Shears
===Appearances===
===Gallery===
Silver Knife-BG3.png|A fancy silver knife.
Knives-ME.png|An eclectic set of knives.
Cutlery-ME.png|A broad-bladed table knife.
Knife collection.jpg|A collection of knives.
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===References===
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Category:Tools
Category:Measuring devices
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Category:Items from Faerûn
Category:Items from Toril
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