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Henckels Knife Tips

Zwilling J.A. Henckels offers a variety of knife tip shapes for different purposes. Three shapes in particular can be distinguished.

High tip

picture of a high tip henckels knife

The back of the blade is straight while the cutting edge is curved, e.g. on a boning knife. This shape permits the blade to be raised from the cutting board with a rolling action.


Center tip

picture of a center tip henckels knife

Both the back of the blade and the cutting edge are gently curved, terminating in a point. With a pronounced tip like this (e.g. on a chef?s paring knife) the blade can easily be used to clean vegetables, cut fine herbs, or lard a roast.


Low tip

picture of a scalloped edged henckles knife

The back of the blade is curved while the cutting edge runs straight to the point. This shape permits a smooth, straight cutting action on a cutting board without any chopping action.



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