Equipment Expert's Guide to Petty and Utility Knives

With a blade that’s halfway between that of a chef’s knife and that of a paring knife, a petty knife or utility knife is the perfect blade for medium-size kitchen prep tasks. Which is best?

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[mermeridian]

As a person who doesn't have large hand and doesn't like big honkin' knives, I love utility knives. It's a blade and it works.

[carrdoug]

Just purchased the Miyabi petty/utility knife, LOVE IT. One of the reasons I was looking was the Shun I owned did not have enough heel height. The Miyabi addresses all my issues. (Handle angle relative to cutting edge also gave more clearance for my hand)

[JosephCoco]

I decided to buy a Global utility knife (my first) when they were on sale for $30ish last year. I think it's my second most used knife now.

[johnscarborough]

Any of the Tojiro knives are exceptional values.

[csmats]

I find myself turning to a 6" chef's knife over a 6" utility knife most of the time, but the thinner blade on the utility knife does have its benefits.

[StephenWorth]

A couple of years ago, I went shopping for a set of Japanese knives. I settled on Tojiro. They were as good as it gets at not crazy prices.

[There.Their.Theyre]

I love watching videos like this. Call me crazy. I think you need a companion video on keeping expensive knives sharp.

[alexbrown]

My favorite bit of acting is the at 1:28 as he pretends to think about which knife to pick before picking the knife that was already set apart from the group.

[samdouglas]

I love my Zwilling Prep Knife! Glad to see it on here!

[bretf]

I have that knife and one other (130mm) and both are beautiful, light, and sharp as heck! Good choice, ATK!

[johnhpalmer]

I have 3 utility knives in my knife block, one is a JA Henkles one I've had about 25 years, the blade has a slight bend in it now and the tip is broken off at the very end, the end of the handle for chewed a little by the food disposal when it fell into the sink drain, handle down and then accidentally flipped the wring switch, turning on the disposal. Still usable.The other 2 are Kuhn Rikon, all three are at most, 4" in the blade and I am constantly using them when not using my Chef's or Santaku knives for smaller tasks.

[darrelljanssen]

Suggest you look at Mercer culinary. Knives are fantastic and razor sharp. Good prices on Amazon.

[ghusaghusa]

I got my knife at Walmart for $4.99. It likely isn't as good as any of these here, but with the $150 I saved, I can buy 20 Porterhouse steaks to use my cheap knife on.

[Robert-nqpu]

I love you guys, longer or more equipment reviews. Adam is very knowledgeable, good job!!😇😁

[zalibecquerel]

I spent the holidays with my elderly parents, who had one of these (Wusthof), and dang I liked it! To justify getting it, I wanted to get rid of one of my existing knives. I'm probably going to get rid of my boning knife. The utility knife had such a thin, flexible blade, and I don't do all that much fine butchery, so I'm probably going to swap. Those of you who've never tried this sort of knife, you'll be surprised at how good they are.

[firstnamelastname]

Sabatier rules! I have a few knives in my arsenal but I keep going back to my Sabatier.

[angelbulldog]

I have a couple of utes but my French chef's knife and a paring knife (bought at KMart about 30 years ago for 4 bucks) that's serrated on both sides are the two that are constantly being washed. Most useful knives I have. I have others, but they barely get used.

[jameshobbs]

it's nice to see Jay Leno working again

[scootosan]

Educational video of tools associated with consumption

[peterrebhahn]

I simply use the short version of the Test Kitchen recommended Victorinox chef's knife. Works well for the purposes shown in this video, identical construction and quality as the chef's knife, and far cheaper than the recommended knives in this video.