Knife


A knife was a sharp-edged hand tool typically used for cutting. A minimal knife is a blade and a handle or some other method of gripping it. On Earth, knives have been used as tools and weapons since the Stone Age. 

The first Earth knives were made of , chipped or ground to an edge, sometimes with a handle. Advances in technology led to blades made of bronze, iron, steel, and other exotic materials.  Many cultures, such as the Klingons, had special knives for significant purposes such as eating, ceremonial practices, and assassinations. (; )

Captain Jean-Luc Picard once specified, in 2364, that he spelled "knife" with an "n". ()

Vulcan Sub-commander T'Pol used fork and knife for eating her salad, even the celery sticks. ()

In 2152, on a rescue mission to prevent Captain Jonathan Archer and Lieutenant Malcolm Reed from being hanged, Commander  used a knife to cut the nooses from around their necks. ()

In 2154, Udar had a knife which had a serated blade. He was armed with the knife on the planet Trialas IV when he was found there by an away team from , led by Captain Archer. Udar charged Archer with the knife but Archer twisted Udar's wrist, causing him to drop the knife to the ground.

Shortly thereafter, Malik lied to his "father", Arik Soong, that he had accidentally killed Raakin after he himself and Raakin had fought each other with knives. ()

In a recreation room aboard the  in 2266, a knife was produced by a food synthesizer as part of a meal which lieutenant junior grade Joe Tormolen obtained for himself. Tormolen, crazed by polywater intoxication, picked up the knife moments later, and then used it to threaten Hikaru Sulu and Kevin Riley. In an ensuing struggle, Tormolen eventually stabbed himself, accidentally, with the knife, an injury he subsequently died from. ()

In 2369, an alien knife was used to murder Ibudan during his holodeck program Lauriento massage holoprogram 101A. ()

Joseph Sisko used a Cook's Club knife in the kitchen of his restaurant, Sisko's Creole Kitchen, in 2372. ()

Mokra Order soldiers carried knives when on duty. Caylem took one of these knives and stabbed Augris into his . ()

Captain Kathryn Janeway retrieved a knife from a weapons locker aboard  in 2373. ()

The image of an alien knife was one of Lieutenant Commander Tuvok's violent thoughts the Mari Guill extracted from the Vulcan in 2374 on the Mari homeworld. ()

Members of the Cardassian military sometimes wore knifes with their uniforms. One Cardassian used his knife to attack a Jem'Hadar during a fight in Quark's in 2374. ()

See also
Butcher knife
 Carving knife
Dagger
Ennis and Nol-Ennis weapons
Kelpien knife
Klingon blade weapons
Reman blade weapons
Reptilian blade
Slaughter knife

Appendices

Background information
A Cardassian knife was sold off on the It's A Wrap! sale and auction on eBay and was also pictured in , under the topic "Cardassian Weapons".

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Hand-held weapons
Culinary tools