The thin blade makes it ideal for softer cheeses, and often times you’ll see perforations on the blade to help prevent sticking with cheeses like brie and camembert. The fork-pronged tip is helpful for serving cut pieces of harder cheeses.

Why do kitchen knives have holes in them?

Most knives have a smooth side, but there also are kitchen knives with clefts available. Wüsthof even has a chef’s knife with holes in the blade. … The air in the clefts and the holes act as an anti-stick coating between the knife and the food.

Why is a fish knife shaped the way it is?

Fish forks (and knives) often have an incurve shaped form (pictured); this feature was likely simply to differentiate it from all the other forks that could be present on the table, as there were frequently many. Like traditional dining table settings, the fish knife and fork are placed in order of use.