Kitchen knife a slotted metal blade attached to a handle. Also known as a Mezzaluna (Italian: "half moon") because of the shape, a mincing knife is a semicircular highly curved blade with a handle that allows the blade to be rocked back and forth repeatedly on a hard surface. This rocking motion is ideal for mincing and chopping. Some mincing knives are supplied with a wooden cutting board with a circular bowl-shaped indentation that matches the curvature of the knife. Some models have two blades that are parallel to each other to increase their mincing power. Large mezzaluna-like knives with shallow curves
Chef's knife particular. It can be used for mincing, slicing, and chopping vegetables, slicing meat, and disjointing large cuts. Chef's knives are made with blades that are either "forged" or "stamped": The blade of a chef's knife is typically made of carbon steel, stainless steel, a laminate of both metals, or ceramic: Handles are made of wood, steel, or synthetic/composite materials. The edge may be ground in different ways: In order to improve the chef's knife's multi-purpose abilities, some owners employ "differential sharpening" along the length of the blade. The fine tip, used for precision work such as mincing, might be ground