Utility knives exist for everything too big for a paring knife and too small to justify a chef’s knife. At 5.5 inches and narrow, this one steers easily in the hand and still has enough edge to cross a bread roll or a beefsteak tomato.
The scalloped grind is what makes it general-purpose rather than specialised — it will start a cut on a skin or a crust that a plain edge would slide off, which is most of what a utility blade gets asked to do.
Dexter-Russell has made cutlery in Southbridge, Massachusetts since 1818 and is the oldest cutlery manufacturer in the United States. SofGrip is its soft-handle line — a rubberised over-mould on a polypropylene core, sealed to the tang and rated for commercial dishwashers.
