The curved blade of a traditional butcher knife provides the cutting power to easily slice around bones and through big hunks of meat, making it a great tool for hunters, butchers and carnivorous home cooks.
Our Favorite Butcher Knives
Here are our three top picks for butcher knives, based on professional and customer reviews. (Psst! Here’s the secret to keeping knives sharp.)
Classic Butcher Knife: Ontario Knife Old Hickory
Reviewers love the Ontario Knife 7111 Old Hickory Butcher Knife for its quality craftsmanship, super sharp edge and hefty feel in your hand. It features a 10-inch carbon steel blade with a full tang, which means the blade runs the length of the handle.
Carbon steel is prone to rust if the metal isn’t properly cared for, as some reviewers mentioned. This knife is for people committed to caring for the carbon steel blade by washing and drying the knife immediately after each use and applying mineral oil to the metal. (This is why you should clean your knife block, too.)
Easy to Clean: Dexter-Russell Knife
The Dexter-Russell Sani-Safe 8-inch butcher knife has a stain-free, high-carbon steel blade and a slip-resistant polypropylene handle, which makes it easy to clean. The knife maker also touts the seal between the blade and the handle, which helped the knife earn NSF certification.
Reviewers compliment the sharp blade and non-slip handle, although a few mention the knife is on the heavier side and could wear your arm out quickly. Check out the best kitchen knives every home cook should have.
Upgrade Pick: Victorinox Fibrox Pro Knife
The Swiss brand Victorinox is known for its sharp, high-quality knives, and the Victorinox Swiss Army Cutlery Fibrox Pro Straight Butcher Knife is no exception. This knife has a high-carbon stainless steel blade that’s been ice tempered, a process of cooling the metal after it’s been forged to help keep it sharp longer. This butcher knife also features a non-slip, ergonomic handle to help butchers keep their grip even when the handle is wet.
This knife is pricier than other butcher knives, but it gets stellar reviews and comes from a respected brand that offers lifetime warranties against defects on all its knives.
Store your brand-new knives in one of these knife holders!
The post These Are the Best Butcher Knives on the Market appeared first on Taste of Home.
Amanda Keim-Morrison