FAQs – Boning Knife

As its name suggest it is used to remove the bone from the meat, poultry, and fish which is being cut. It is the preferred choice only when the meat is of a small animal.

In the absence of a boning knife, a fillet knife or carving knife can be used as a substitute. 

Boning knife is not only use to cut meat but it is also used to remove bone from the meat as it is small in size with length various from 12 cm to 18 cm ( 5 – 7 inches ) having curved or straight blade.  

When a larger cut of meat is needed, opt for a straight boning knife, whereas choose a curved boning knife for making precise cuts of meat around the bone & joints. Curved knife is also used to trim fat from the meat.

There are many companies which make boning knife but Wusthof, Cutluxe, Victorinox, kastKing and Shun Cutlery are most famous of them.

Most of the time company use high-carbon stainless steel such as VG-10, AUS-8 / AUS-10 or X50CrMoV15 as its sharpness last long but some company still use Damascus steel to make boning knife.

 

Process of sharpening boning knife is same as sharpening any other kitchen knife, i.e via Whetstone, Knife Sharpener or Honing Rod.

Boning knife is kind of same as fillet knife as it can do fish fillet but fillet knife is used for this purpose as its larger in size as well as more flexible than boning knife not only that its extremely sharp as compare to boning knife making it best tool for filleting. 

There are various type of boning some such as stiff blade boning knife, flexible blade boning knife, straight blade boning knife, curved blade boning knife and narrow blade boning knife.

An angle between 18-26 is advisable, but achieving 22 degree is easy by imagining an angle of 90 degree then make it halve to get 45 degree then again halve it in imagination to get around 22 degree. 

Though both the knives are used to cut the meat but carving knife is used to cut the meat in uniform thin slice for table presentation where as boning knife is used for deboning or for trimming fat from the meat. 

Taking care of the boning knife is same as taking care of any other knife. After using it, wash it properly with water, dry it with cloth, regularly clean it with oil and store it properly in a knife block, on a magnetic strip, or in a sheath.

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