The S112 is Dexter’s standard butcher pattern — a straight spine with a gentle sweep up to the point, ground for pushing and drawing rather than rocking. At 6 inches it is the compact member of the family, and it behaves more like a stiff utility knife than a full breaking blade.
That makes it the one that gets used constantly: squaring off a roast, cutting stew meat, portioning chicken, trimming fat caps. Short blades are also easier to control on a crowded bench, which is why the 6-inch turns up far more often than the 12-inch in a working shop.
Dexter-Russell has made cutlery in Southbridge, Massachusetts since 1818 and is the oldest cutlery manufacturer in the United States. The Sani-Safe line is its NSF-certified foodservice range, built around a textured polypropylene handle moulded to the tang so there is no seam for food to lodge in.
