Carving knife

A carving knife is a large knife between 8 and 15 inches that is used to slice thin cuts of meat, including poultry, roasts, hams, and other large cooked meats. A carving knife is much thinner than a chef's knife (particularly at the spine), enabling it to carve thinner, more precise slices. They are generally shorter and wider than slicing knives.

Note: generally, any knife can be used to carve wood.

Variations

Item	Source is	Rare item	Is incomplete
Antler-handled carving knife etched with bolts of fractured lightning	Thorkim Family Farm 429/Pig Maze
Black coral-handled carving knife	Voi's Fine Heirlooms (2), Voi's Fine Heirlooms (1)	true	true
Black-bladed carving knife with polished mistwood handle	Simply Essential (2)
Black-coral inlaid carving knife	Trintah's Herbal Remedies		true
Black-pearl inlaid carving knife	Trintah's Herbal Remedies		true
Blood red carving knife displaying the Barbarians' Guild crest	Slice and Dice (1)
Bloodstained carving knife	Soothsayer's Hut
Bone-bladed carving knife with a silk-wrapped handle	Cleric Shop (Muspar'i)
Bone-handled carving knife	Leftovers (1)		true
Bone-handled carving knife etched with a banyan tree	Thorkim Family Farm 429/Pig Maze
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Creation and repair

Carving knives can be created using forging techniques that fall under the Weaponsmithing discipline.

Crafted carving knives use the standard process for metal tool repair.

• Freshly crafted, their repair requires Weaponsmithing techniques.
• Once used to CARVE, the carving knife becomes a tool and its repair requires Blacksmithing techniques.

Tool properties

Metal

Metal carving knives gain their effectiveness from the material's hardness (harder is better) and density (lower is better).

• Honing has no effect on the speed of the knife.
• The best common metal for an Engineering carving knife is lightened medium carbon steel (67% mcs, 33% oravir).
• The best rare metal for an Engineering carving knife is 3.0 density silversteel.

	Metal Properties			Tool Properties
Type	Hardness	Durability	Density	Speed	Durability
a <metal> carving knife	95	90	3	10 - extremely effective	18 - practically invulnerable
a <metal> carving knife	95	50	3.01	10 - extremely effective	12 - quite guarded
a <metal> carving knife	85	50	3.68	9 - exceptionally effective	14 - very strong
a <metal> carving knife	90	25	3.68	9 - exceptionally effective	6 - somewhat unsound
a <metal> carving knife	80	80	3.68	8 - very effective	17 - nearly impervious
a <metal> carving knife	90	25	5	8 - very effective	6 - somewhat unsound
a <metal> carving knife	95	70	7.5	6 - sort of effective	16 - unusually resilient
a <metal> carving knife	85	50	6.32	6 - sort of effective	14 - very strong

Crafting Notes

• Carving knives are converted to a tool template on the first CARVE. Once this is done, the tool must be tempered using Blacksmithing techniques and can no longer be tempered with Weaponsmithing techniques.
  • As a Blacksmith, you can temper a carving knife by CARVE <ITEM> WITH MY KNIFE immediately after crafting, and then tempering it. The item can be any item in game, such as the anvil.
  • After conversion, the carving knife can still be balanced or honed by a Weaponsmith.

Additional Information

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