What knife is used in indian street food?
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What knife is used in indian street food?
You can check the answer of the people under the question at Quora “square knife name“
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These cheap so called Knives are mostly made out of Blunt hacksaw blades by grinding off the serrated teeth of different brands of blades.
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The knives used by street food vendors are very simple knives. Piyush Pande has given a good answer and pics.
These knives are made from hacksaw blades (small, narrow) or pieces of bandsaw blades (larger, broader), with pieces of wood riveted to it to serve as handle.
Since these are made of high-carbon steel, they are easy to maintain, don’t rust easily (just a dab of oil), and retain their edge sharpness over a long period of use.
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It’s not a professional knife neither it is called something. It doesn’t have a particular name. Indian street food vendors use it because it is durable and cheap. It looks something like these ones:
There are people selling it on the streets and food vendors usually buy them because they are cheap and can be sharpened easily. They are lightweight and have good grip.
Some people also roam around selling the sharpening services with their bicycle modified to have one of the above machinery. The guy peddles the bi…
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