3 Fruit Knife Tricks You Can Do

Here are some tricks anyone can do with fruit knives. You don’t need much experience in carving to get some interesting results. Just get a mango, orange, and an apple, and a fruit knife, and try to copy these gorgeous pictures.

Mango Carved With A Fruit Knife
Mango Carved With A Fruit Knife

 

 

Carved Orange
Carved Orange

Apple With Carved Hearts
Apple With Carved Hearts

 

 

 

 

A Fruit Knife Really Doesn’t Have To Fold, Does It?

95-1712E Fruit Knife
95-1712E Fruit Knife

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.

Slicing a Ripe Tomato
Slicing a Ripe Tomato

 

 

 

 

Why The Fruit Knife is Perfect For All Menus

Fruit Carving Masterpieces
Fruit Carving Masterpieces

The fruit knife is not just for cutting up fruit. It can be used for:

  • Slicing vegetables
  • Making table decorations like this one
  • Cutting up fish
  • Cutting tender steaks
  • Slicing cheeses for a cheese tray
  • Slicing red potatoes for frying in a skillet
  • Cutting up left-over chicken to make soup
  • Cutting open clams
  • Opening up shrimp
  • Opening Pistachio nuts
  • Cutting spaghetti on your plate

If you are feeling hungry by now, that makes two of us. Happy cutting!

What Is A Fruit Knife?

Fun With A Fruit Knife
Fun With A Fruit Knife

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.

95-1712E Fruit Knife
95-1712E Fruit Knife

 

Fun With A Fruit Knife

Fruit Carving Masterpieces
Fruit Carving Masterpieces

 

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…..

Carved Apple
Carved Apple

Apple With Carved Hearts
Apple With Carved Hearts

Carved Orange Rind

Carved Owls
Carved Owls

Carved Apple Butterfly
Carved Apple Butterfly

Carved Fruit Buddies
Carved Fruit Buddies

Carved Fishes
Carved Fishes

Carved Watermelon Fishes
Carved Watermelon Fishes

Decorative Apple Skin

Carved Watermelon Display
Carved Watermelon Display

 

Click here for more on the history of fruit carving.

 

10 Neat Things You Can Do With a Fruit Knife

A Kutmaster fruit knife doesn’t cost much, but you can create a million pieces of delicious art with it. Here are some examples:

Carved Mango

Carved Orange
Carved Orange

Carved Owls
Carved Owls

Carved Fruit Buddies
Carved Fruit Buddies

Carved Apple Butterfly
Carved Apple Butterfly

Carved Apple Brothers
Carved Apple Brothers

 

Carved Watermelon Display
Carved Watermelon Display

 

Strange Things You Can Do With A Fruit Knife During the Holidays

carved-apple-face
Carved-Apple-Face

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?

 

Carved Owls
Carved Owls

Carved Fruit Buddies
Carved Fruit Buddies

Carved Orange
Carved Orange

Carved Apple
Carved Apple

Apple With Carved Hearts
Apple With Carved Hearts