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Switched from a standard boning knife to a curved breaking knife for a whole lamb last month
The curve let me follow the natural seams much better, which saved me about twenty minutes and gave me cleaner cuts. Anyone else find a specific blade shape makes a big difference on certain animals?
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abbyc332mo ago
A curved breaking knife is actually meant for heavy joints and cartilage, not following seams. You probably used a curved boning knife, which is flexible. The right tool names matter when giving advice to other butchers.
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ramirez.sage22d ago
YES exactly, you said "the right tool names matter" and that's honestly everything. I had a similar thing happen last year when I was learning. Someone told me to use a "boning knife" for trimming fat off ribs, but they didn't specify it should be stiff. Ended up using a flexible one and the blade kept bending wrong, almost cut myself. Now I always double check if someone says "curved breaking" or "curved boning" because those are totally different tools for different jobs. And yeah, calling a breaking knife a boning knife is just asking for bad advice to spread around. People gotta stop mixing them up, it's dangerous and wastes time.
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mia_singh242mo ago
My uncle's old butcher shop had a whole wall of knives with specific uses. @abbyc33 is right about names mattering, it's like calling a flathead a Phillips screwdriver. That mix-up just makes the job harder for everyone.
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