1.   From its size, the knife must have had a very specific use and May even have been a surgical instrument.

2.   The knife had a heavy curved blade.

3.   The knife had a rounded wooden handle.

4.   Bread knives should have a serrated edge.

5.   Even as a Boy Scout, he swears, his Swiss army knife had a melon baller and a garlic press.

6.   Ever muse why a dinner knife does not have a pointed end?

7.   Its design recalls an earlier time, before the food processor, and before home cooks had knife skills worthy of a restaurant kitchen.

8.   The knives had to be cleaned.

9.   The big Swiss army knife has two folding blades as well as the corkscrew.