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You Deserve A Fruit Knife In Your Life

Grab A Fruit Knife for #EatFruitAtWorkDay
Grab A Fruit Knife for #EatFruitAtWorkDay

What is your snack of choice during the work day? Something sweet, savory, or crunchy?

I’m not much of a snacker, but since today is Eat Fruit At Work Day, I think I’ll grab a fresh peach from my peach tree!

The best tool that farmers use to taste-test their fruits is a good ol’ fruit knife. Do you have one of these in your arsenal?

4 3/4" Stainless Fruit/ Vegetable Knife 95-1712ss
4 3/4″ Stainless Fruit/ Vegetable Knife 95-1712ss

You’ll Never Guess Which Summer Fruit This Fruit Knife Is Slicing Into Today

Fruit Knife for #PeachPieDay
Fruit Knife for #PeachPieDay

As the end of summer approaches, many bakers are looking to snag up the last of the ripe summer fruits to make pies, tarts, jams, sorbets, and many more yummy treats.

Peaches are one of this season’s prize fruits- they’re so juicy and sweet, which makes today (it’s Peach Pie Day!) a great day to bake with them.

What you’ll need for your peach pie:

  • Fresh peaches- about 8 cups, peeled & sliced
  • ½ cup Sugar
  • 1 tsp each of: cinnamon & vanilla extract
  • ¼ tsp nutmeg
  • 3-4 tbsp of cornstarch
  • Homemade or store-bought pie crust
  • A sharp fruit knife to cut into your juicy peaches

Mix the above ingredients together, place in your crust, and bake! Enjoy!

Stainless Fruit Knife
Stainless Fruit Knife
5-3/4" ivory plastic handle fruit/vegetable knife 95-112whs
5-3/4″ ivory plastic handle fruit/vegetable knife 95-112whs

A Fruit Knife: Watermelon’s Best Friend

Grab Your Fruit Knife for #WatermelonDay
Grab Your Fruit Knife for #WatermelonDay

If summer had an official fruit, what would it be? Peaches, blueberries, raspberries? No. Hands down, I bet it would be watermelon. Today is Watermelon Day!

This juicy fruit is yummy plain, chopped up into a salad, or blended into a boozy cocktail. And the best way to do a quick taste-test of it is with a sharp fruit knife.

Any of these should do the trick!

Stainless Fruit Knife
Stainless Fruit Knife
4 3/4" Stainless Fruit/ Vegetable Knife 95-1712ss
4 3/4″ Stainless Fruit/ Vegetable Knife 95-1712ss
5-3/4" ivory plastic handle fruit/vegetable knife 95-112whs
5-3/4″ ivory plastic handle fruit/vegetable knife 95-112whs

The Anatomy of a Great Fruit Knife

Fruit Knife Creations
Fruit Knife Creations

People use a fruit knife to sample the inner area of watermelons, cantaloupes, and other fruits. They also use them to design tasty displays on serving trays. A great fruit (and vegetable) knife will have these qualities…

  • Size. The length of the knife, closed, runs from 4 5/8″ to 5 3/4″. People in the fruit business choose the size best suited for their products.
  • Material of the Blades. Stainless steel is the best, longest lasting blade material. The acid environment is hard on other metals.
  • Material of the Handle. Usually the handles are stainless steel, but to guard against the acidity of the fruits, some are made of plastic.
  • Number of Blades. They come with one or two blades.
  • Kind of Blades. Smooth or wavy are available. The wavy ones will cut easier through the tough skin of a cantaloupe.
  • Carry Pouch. Some fruit workers like to keep their knife handy, by having a pouch attached to their belt.

The most popular selection is the 5 3/4″ fruit/vegetable knife 95-113e.

 

95-113e.jpg 5 3/4″ Stainless Fruit/ Vegetable Knife 95-113e

 

How To Take Care Of Your Fruit Knife

Knife Sharpener for Fruit Knife
Knife Sharpener for a Fruit Knife

Besides the normal maintenance that you would give any pocket knife, here are some tips specifically for your fruit knife.

  • Wash it or rinse it thoroughly, to get rid of fruit residue. The acid content of oranges, lemons, tomatoes and some other fruits would etch the stainless steel.
  • Dry it to remove all traces of the rinse water. This will prevent some steel parts like the spring and pins from rusting. Even some grades of stainless steel can experience some degree of rusting.
  • Oil it with cooking oil instead of non-edible oil.
  • Store it in a clean environment, so you won’t contaminate your fruit next time you use it.
  • Use a knife-friendly cutting board. Never cut on a ceramic board, because it would dull your blade immediately.

As with any other knife, here are some general tips:

  • Keep it sharp. The sharper it is, the easier it cuts. Instead of using a stone, I prefer the type of sharpener that has two steel wheels.  That way I don’t get any stone grindings contaminating the works. Then rinse and wipe the knife off before use.
  • Never use your knife as a pry bar or hammer.
  • Keep it in the pouch when not in use. This assures it won’t get contaminated or misplaced.

Your fruit knife will last longer if you take good care of it. Thanks to “Sharpening By Dave” for some information in this article.

Holiday Tricks You Can Do With a Fruit Knife

Give Fruit Knives for Christmas
Give Fruit Knives for Christmas

Make this Christmas festive-looking simply by using a fruit knife to carve and slice up oranges, apples, mangos, watermelons…..you name it. Don’t worry about making a mistake. You can eat your mistakes!

Carved Watermelon Display
Carved Watermelon Display

Carved Fruit
Carved Fruit

Carved Apple Brothers
Carved Apple Brothers

3 Fruit Knife Tricks You Can Do

Here are some tricks anyone can do with fruit knives. You don’t need much experience in carving to get some interesting results. Just get a mango, orange, and an apple, and a fruit knife, and try to copy these gorgeous pictures.

Mango Carved With A Fruit Knife
Mango Carved With A Fruit Knife

 

 

Carved Orange
Carved Orange
Apple With Carved Hearts
Apple With Carved Hearts