The original fruit knife looks like this.. It is long and slender, and folds so you can put it in your pocket until you need it.
But what if you are testing cantaloupes all day long, in the same area of your storage building? This super sharp tomato slicer would be ideal for you.
The fruit knife is not just for cutting up fruit. It can be used for:
If you are feeling hungry by now, that makes two of us. Happy cutting!
A fruit knife is a long slender folding knife that is used to sample or carve fruit or vegetables. It is often used by produce workers to cut a deep square plug in a cantaloupe or watermelon to inspect the innards. It’s a quick neat way to make an important test.
The average fruit & vegetable lover can use this tool to make interesting carvings like these.
Carving with a fruit knife has become an art. It may have started in Thailand. If you have been on a cruise ship, you surely have seen some buffets decorated with carved fruit. It is time consuming, and requires great skill and patience. Here are some fine examples of the handiwork of the best fruit and vegetable carvers…..
Click here for more on the history of fruit carving.
Imagine your company logo on a fruit knife, in your customers’ kitchens. Here are 5 reasons why a fruit knife can be the perfect gift:
A Kutmaster fruit knife doesn’t cost much, but you can create a million pieces of delicious art with it. Here are some examples:
Here are some eye-popping crafts you can do with a fruit knife for Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Years, and all the other holidays this winter. Which one do you like the best?
A fruit knife can do more than sample fruit and vegetables. It can do more than carry your company logo to all your customers. Here are some fun samples of tricks that people have done with fruit knives. This makes fruit knives great promotional items. They are useful, long-lasting, and appreciated. What other type of advertising can be described like that?
How many ideas can you come up with, using a folding fruit knife and some edible sculpture objects? Folding pocket fruit knives can go with you to any party and help you brighten things up. Apples, watermelons, other melons, and pumpkins aren’t the only objects of your artwork. Try mangos, oranges, and pineapples, too.
Of course, there is the usual use of a fruit knife….using it to extract a test plug from a melon to test the color and taste of the fruit without having to destroy the whole thing. This is what they do at the fruit warehouses, and in the fields. This picture shows a tester that went a little too far and carved out several “test” plugs. But that’s ok. Someone will volunteer to eat the mistake.
Stainless steel fruit and vegetable knives come with plastic handles or stainless steel handles. Some have serrated blades for use on tougher fruits.
5 3/4 Stainless Fruit/ Vegetable Knife 95-113ss
Businesses, big and small, had their logos laser engraved on pocket knives in 2016. This was a great way to spread good will and to advertise their company to all the customers and prospects. What were the 10 most engravable knives this year? Here is our list, according to popularity and attractiveness.
Starline Blaze Camo Knife MK92 
Buck® Nano Bantam Camo 284cmo
Buck® Bantam BBW Orange Camo Lockback 284CM9
Case Smooth Natural Bone Mini Trapper 91440
Dako “Special Forces” Pocket Knife 7144
Stonewash Pocket Knife 7902
5 3/4″ Stainless Fruit/ Vegetable Knife 95-113e
Fruit/ Vegetable Knife with Ivory Plastic Handle 95-110whs 
Kutmaster Compact Rescue Knife 95-1832L