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To: Neeka who wrote (118747)	6/7/2005 7:12:27 PM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 793912

I've always referred to the knife that comes with a set of utensils (fork, spoon, knife) a bread knife. That's a dinner knife. A knife specially intended to spread mayo etc. is a butter knife. Looks a lot like a dinner knife but shorter. A bread knife is very long, very sharp but also serrated. Not the type of thing you bring on picnics anymore unless you have unsliced bread.

To: Neeka who wrote (118747)	6/8/2005 12:33:20 AM
From: Alan Smithee	Respond to of 793912

<i.We're picking nits..........who knows....who cares? -gg-</i. The woman who had the knife in her carry on bag?

To: Neeka who wrote (118747)	6/8/2005 8:06:38 AM
From: Lane3	Respond to of 793912

I've always referred to the knife that comes with a set of utensils (fork, spoon, knife) a bread knife. Interesting. Maybe that's a local usage. And maybe that's what was meant in this incident. FWIW, the folks who deal in flatware call that a "place knife" or a "dinner knife." Place knives are certainly suitable for spreading peanut butter and of limited utility in hijacking or bringing down an airplane. <g> [This discussion sent me down memory lane. I still have my original bread knife, which I got by saving Betty Crocker coupons when I was first married forty years ago. It's still going strong. Works well on watermelon, too.]