The Evolution Of The Knife

By: Andrew, Khoi, and Julie

Kinds Of Knives

• Chefs Knife• Paring Knife• Bread Knife• Cleaver

2.6 Million Years Ago

•Crude knives•The sharpest rock was their knife•These helped to cut up animals for their meat

The Bronze Age

•Bronze is very malleable•It made the food taste bad when used as a table knife•The knife has two sides resembling a dagger

The Iron Age

•Iron knives were kept sharp easily•These knives were very durable•You had your own knife and wore it on your belts

Steel Knives 18th Century

•Table knives had one blade instead of a dagger shaped table knife•They were an improvement from iron

The Modern Knife

• Stainless steel • Small angles of the knife Japanese knives 15

degree blade, American and European knives 20 degree blade, others have a 40 degree blade