5.5" Utility Knife - Uliassi Series (X03)

Reach for this when the chef knife is too much blade for the job. Segmenting a grapefruit, cutting down a block of cheese, slicing through a punnet of cherry tomatoes in two passes, trimming a chicken breast into even portions before it goes in the pan. The 5.5-inch utility sits between a standard 5-inch petty and a 6-inch slicer, which gives it just enough length to be genuinely useful across a wider range of tasks than either end of that bracket.

The Daily Go-Between

A 5.5-inch blade is long enough to halve a lemon cleanly and short enough to work comfortably on smaller produce without the nose of the blade overhanging the board. You'll find yourself reaching for it on the jobs where the 4-inch paring knife feels too short and the chef knife feels like overkill. It's the knife that doesn't get put away at the end of a session because you keep picking it back up.

73-Layer Damascus, Powder Steel Core

The core is 14Cr14MoVNb powder steel at 62 HRC. It takes a fine edge and stays there through repetitive slicing work on mid-size produce where you'd typically reach for this blade. Wrapped in 73 layers of Damascus and fitted with a rosewood handle. Each knife ships with a wooden sheath, which is worth keeping out on the bench rather than storing it loose in a drawer.

Specifications

• Blade Steel: 73-layer Damascus with 14Cr14MoVNb powder steel core
• Hardness: 62 HRC
• Blade Profile: 5.5-inch utility knife
• Handle: Rosewood
• Use: Segmenting citrus, slicing cheese, trimming chicken portions, mid-size produce where a chef knife is too long.
• Series: Uliassi Series (X03)
• Model: X03-WY

Complete Your Set

Pair it with the Uliassi Series 4" Paring Knife (X03-SG) for the fine in-hand work, and the 8.5" Chef Knife (X03-8QF) when you're moving into heavier prep work on the board.