Multipurpose knife with gut hook

Details Multipurpose knife with gut hook Multipurpose knife with gut hook

1995-11-07

1996-12-10

Payer, Hwei-Siu

Cutlery

Cutting tools

With guard and/or guide

30314, 30340, B26B 300

Patent

active

055818951

ABSTRACT:
An ergonomically-designed, multipurpose knife having a handle, a blade with a shank and a tip, and a fastener for attaching the handle to the shank. The blade has a curved outer edge extending substantially from the shank to the tip, with an integrally-formed gut hook positioned near the shank and opening toward the tip. A portion of the outer edge is sharpened to form a cutting edge. The fastener is user-operable for moving the blade from a first operating position where it opposes the handle to a second operating position where it extends forward of the handle for use as a hatchet. In the first position, force exerted on the handle and directed toward the blade is distributed approximately uniformly along the entire length of the outer cutting edge. Skinning cuts are made by grasping the handle and pivoting the wrist to produce controlled strokes approximately in the plane of the blade; chopping and slicing cuts are made by pivoting the wrist to rock the knife about an axis transverse to the plane of the blade. The user can control the length and direction of a cut by pivoting the wrist alone, the forearm at the elbow, the entire arm from the hand gripping the knife to the shoulder, or by pushing or pulling the knife with the hand and forearm, or any combination thereof. Range of motion, dexterity and control of the cutting edge are thereby improved, with greater comfort than is possible with a conventional knife.

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