This is awesome. I bet it is good at nothing. A knife edge which you can use to chop bones cannot possibly good at slicing vegetables. Then, it also has to be thick enough to pop bottle caps and pries open jar lids…
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Yes, it’s such an essential kitchen task.
Why I saw Ina Garten and Martha Stewart pulling nails last week…
So maybe a better name would be…
the Krappy Kleaver ???
Pulling fingernails…
I envision a bunch of butchers chickens hanging from nails from a board on the porch …
Hey can anybody identify this one?
Or how about knife number 2?
#1 looks like a weapon instead of a knife.
#2 I don’t want to ruin the fun - but I think I know this one
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#3 asian so has to be a fish knife of some sort
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Knife no. 1
I’m pretty sure this is an lirpa, a traditional Vulcan weapon. First used in season 2 episode one of Star Trek, when Capt. Kirk had to fight Spok.
Knife no. 2 is from the Saw movies.
Knife no. 3 was used by John Belushi at the Samurai Deli. (for the record I don’t know if this was a Kosher deli)
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Number 1 looks like it’s used for butchering a large animal as it hangs like a tuna or shark or whale.
Number 2 looks like it would be good for slicing sheets of dough into noodles.
Number 3 looks like it’s good for cutting sashimi.
As I recall they offered a Bris special, in addition to the usual deli stuff…
SNL – “Rabbi” Ackroyd in back seat of Royal Deluxe II; Garrett Morris at the wheel.
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So knife no. 1 was a ringer, although some people got that. It’s a Halbard, a type of pike designed to pull knights off horses and cut through plate armour. It’s what probably killed Richard III.
Knife no. 2 is a Japanese soba knife used to cut buckwheat noodles.
Knife no. 3 is a hansho-hana and is used at big fish markets like tsukiji to cut up tuna carcasses.
In other words I was correct!
Your Lirpa, my prince ? (Sounds of Trumpet Flourish…)
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What, so you never burn pallets in your cookstove? 
So here is a new one for you, unknown knife number 4:
And unknown knife number 5:
Extra points if you can identify the designer, year, and where first used.
Nope, only peasants. You may think of this as long pig if you prefer.
Hence the halberd…
And here is knife no. 6:
