KNIFE HISTORY:


The first knives were general-purpose tools. They were used in the Stone Age for killing quarry, cutting it up and eating it as well as for carving wood. Knives were personal, and were worn thrust in the belt. This meant the knife was always available when needed.

In the 1500s, the table knife appeared among the wealthiest classes. The first table knives were sharp and pointed. They had to be able to spear a piece of meat and be easy to cut with. In other words, the knife had the functions of both knife and fork.

In the second half of the 1600s, broad-bladed table knives with a rounded point began to appear in France. A number of reasons were behind this. It might have been due to the introduction of the fork, which made the pointed blade of the knife superfluous. It might also be due to Louis XIV, who in 1669 banned pointed table knives because they were being used as weapons in quarrels at his table. Or it might have been the famous Cardinal Richelieu who changed the knife’s design. Chancellor Séguier was a frequent guest at his home. The Chancellor’s behaviour was messy and ill-mannered. For example, he used a knife as a toothpick. Cardinal Richelieu did not like this behaviour, and he asked his steward to acquire knives without pointed blades.

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