8” Chef’s Knife
A modern chef’s knife is a multi-purpose knife designed to perform well at many differing kitchen tasks, rather than excelling at any one in particular. It can be used for mincing, slicing, and chopping vegetables, slicing meat, and disjointing large cuts. The chef’s knife is a wider bladed knife. It’s for doing a large quantity knife, usually in a chopping or semi-rocking position. So, you’ll have a wider blade, than a carving knife or a regular utility that will be more narrow. … But the basic motion of a chef’s knife should be a chopping, rocking motion. The length of the blade is from the tip to the heel
