Fruit Carving Knife

Handmade by a skilled bladesmith, our imported wood-handled bird's beak carving knives are second to none. Designed specifically for fruit and vegetable carving, these blades are suitable for both beginners and experts alike. These knives are excellent carving tools because they are lightweight, durable, and comfortable to hold. Though it is adviseable for carvers to also own at least one seeding knife and paring knife, the bird's beak is always the most important and the most used of the three.

As well as being the very best fruit carving knives available on the market, these knives are also beautifully crafted works of art in their own right. After cleaning, the two inch blade slides tightly and easily into its sheath, protecting it from foreign contaminants.

Like most bird's beak knives, handmade wood-handled knives are sharpened on one side of the blade only. Pictured here is the knife both with and without its protective wood cover (please note we will only send you one knife, not two as pictured here).

The New York Times review of this  Carving Knife in Wood Sheath: "Fruit and vegetable carving is an ancient craft honed for Thai royal feasts and ceremonies. The tradition still thrives. With this tiny, beak-like knife, turn radicchios into dahlias, cucumbers into white lotuses and tomatoes into blossoming roses." For another fruit carving tool review from the New York Times 'T:STYLE' Magazine, see our Miracle Knives.

We recommend hand-washing these knives in mild soap water and drying before storing. Not dishwasher safe!

Product Features

• Suitable for both beginners and experts alike
• Beautifully crafted by hand
• Excellent collectors item
• High-quality hardened stainless steel blade
• Comes with tight wooden sheath, protecting against contaminants

Though designed primarily for more advanced fruit and vegetable carvers, this handmade lacquer-styled flexible carving knife is also very popular amongst knife collectors and has successfully been used by some beginners to learn fruit carving from scratch. The knife is adorned with a traditional Thai pattern (often seen in Lanna architecture) of flowing, vibrant colors upon a shiny metallic surface. The sheath is made of plastic and is covered with the same traditional design. Unlike the other knives in our carving sets, the flexible detail knife can be used to carry out the functions of both a bird's beak knife and a seeding knife. However, this may well require more experience and skill on the carver's behalf. As well as being used for delicate carving and seeding, the one and three quarter inch symetrical blade also enables the carvers to trace designs in fruit and vegetables before cutting.

Made of strong lightweight stainless steel metal, the detail knife is Well-balanced and pleasing to work with.

Please note that this knife comes in several different colors and we cannot guarantee what color you will receive.

Blade length: 1 3/4" stainless steel blade

We recommend hand-washing these knives in mild soap water and carefully drying with a towel before storing. Not dishwasher safe.

Product Features

• Beautifully crafted by hand and decorated with traditional Thai design
• Excellent collectors item
• High-quality hardened stainless steel blade
• Ideal for showing off as part of carving display
• Comes with tight wooden sheath, protecting against contaminants

Both crafted by skilled blade-smiths, these handmade tools are otherwise quite different in terms of design and application. Lightweight, durable, and comfortable to hold, these stainless steel knives are both intended for working on detailed carvings. However, whilst the wooden handled carving knife is equipped with a highly favored bird's beak blade (the single most important fruit carving blade of all) the flexible detail knife has a flexible blade that can be altered according to the needs and desires of the fruit carver. Both knives also comes with their respective sheaths in order for the blades to stay protected from foreign contaminants.

Beautifully crafted works of art in their own right, both knives in the handmade knife set are the proud creations of skilled knife makers.

We recommend hand-washing these knives in mild soap water and drying before storing. Not dishwasher safe!

Product Features

• High-end imported carving tools
• Beautifully crafted by hand
• Excellent collectors items
• High-quality hardened stainless steel blades
• Useful as a pair: one detail knife, one bird's beak knife