40+ Utility Knife Vs Paring Knife. The blades are simple, sharp and precise. The utility knife falls somewhere in between your fruit paring knife and the larger chef's knife, measuring around 4 to 9 inches in length.
The utility knife falls somewhere in between your fruit paring knife and the larger chef's knife, measuring around 4 to 9 inches in length.
Straight and usually 5 inches, perfect for cutting onions and tomatoes, or even a small. Unlike when using normal knives to cut bread, the bread knife cuts bread without squishing it and producing a lot of crumbs. After looking at mine for years, and utility knife is unnecessary if you have chefs knife and paring knife. The slightly longer blade is convenient, when you don't need the heft of a chef's knife, but a paring knife is just too small to be comfortable.