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Dexter Sani-Safe Knives
The Dexter Sani-Safe Series was built to be both durable and sanitary. The textured polypropylene handle is slip resistant, easy to clean, and can tolerate both high and low temperatures. An impervious blade-to-handle seal provides the utmost in sanitary qualification. Each stainless steel blade has an individually ground and honed edge, making these suitable for both home and commercial use. Items marked with the NSF logo are NSF Certified. Made in USA.
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Dexter-Russell Sani-Safe 3.25-inch Scalloped Paring Knife
Tomatoes, plums and citrus have firm skins over soft flesh, and a plain parer can crush them before it cuts. Dexter-Russell’s Sani-Safe S104SC has a scalloped edge that grips the skin and slices through cleanly, and Dexter designed it for produce with tough exteriors and soft interiors. It is small enough for hand work and suits garnish stations and bars that cut citrus wedges.
Scalloped Parers in Other HandlesThe V-Lo 3.5-inch Scalloped Paring Knife has a slightly longer blade and a cushioned grip. For a plain edge, see the Sani-Safe 3.25-inch Cook’s Style Paring Knife. Learn More -
Dexter-Russell Sani-Safe 6-inch Flexible Boning Knife
Trimming fat from a brisket or lifting the skin off a chicken breast goes cleaner when the blade bends with the surface. Dexter-Russell gives this flexible Sani-Safe boner a narrow 6-inch blade with just enough flex to slide under fat and around bones without digging into the meat. Many cooks also use a flexible boner for small fish, where the same give helps the edge ride along the backbone. This knife is easy to sharpen once it dulls, responds well to a whetstone and stays keen with regular honing on a fine-cut rod.A day of processing in a cold, wet room leaves no rust on the blade, and the guard at the front of the handle keeps fingers off the edge when the knife pushes through a seam. Dexter-Russell has made cutlery in Southbridge, Massachusetts since 1818, and its knives remain especially popular with customers across the Northeast.
How Much Flex?We use a flexible blade for filleting fish and a wide, stiff blade for cutting and trimming raw meat and thinner cuts. For more resistance on beef and pork, choose the firm Sani-Safe 6-inch Narrow Boning Knife. The V-Lo 6-inch Flexible Boning Knife has a similar blade with a cushioned V-Lo handle. Learn More$24.99 -
Dexter-Russell Sani-Safe 6-inch Narrow Boning Knife
Separating a chicken thigh from the backbone or working a knife around a pork shoulder blade calls for a narrow point that fits into joints. Dexter-Russell built this 6-inch Sani-Safe boning knife for that work, with a slim, firm blade that steers between cartilage and bone and handles the smaller portions where a wider blade gets in the way. It also trims silver skin.The Sani-Safe line goes back to 1941, when Dexter introduced its first Sani-Dexter knives for commercial kitchens, and it is still the series meat departments and processing plants reach for. The handle stays secure in a greasy hand, and it is sealed to the blade so there is no gap for food to collect. Brine and blood will not rust the blade, so the knife can go from the board to the sanitizer sink without special treatment.
Other Sani-Safe Boning KnivesFor a blade that follows the curve of a bone, choose the Sani-Safe 6-inch Curved Boning Knife. The Sani-Safe 6-inch Flexible Boning Knife bends to trim under fat and skin, and the Sani-Safe 6-inch Wide Boning Knife gives more blade height for larger cuts. The table below compares every Dexter-Russell boning knife we carry. Learn More$24.99 -
Dexter-Russell Sani-Safe 4-inch Pizza Cutter
The Sani-Safe 4-inch pizza cutter is Dexter-Russell’s standard pizzeria wheel. Its ground and honed wheel rolls through a thin crust or a deep, cheese-laden pie, and it handles flatbreads and quesadillas as well. In our experience it is a heavy-duty cutter, with a solid joint between handle and wheel and a handle that resists stains and damage. The thick wheel has an extra-wide bevel and is tough enough that it will rarely need replacing, though Dexter does make the wheel replaceable. The textured handle stays secure with greasy fingers and cleans up easily.
Standard or High-Heat Handle?The Cool Blue 4-inch Pizza Cutter puts the same wheel on a handle built for high heat. If your restaurant or business needs this cutter with a different handle color, contact Knife Merchant and we will be glad to help. Learn More$28.99 -
Dexter-Russell Cool Blue 4-inch Pizza Cutter, High-Heat Handle
Built for the heat of a pizza station, Dexter-Russell’s Cool Blue pizza cutter puts a 4-inch wheel on a high-heat Sani-Safe handle that can sit beside a hot oven. Dexter designed it for thick or thin crust, hearty toppings and bubbling cheese, and it also slices flatbreads and quesadillas. The wheel is individually ground and honed, and Dexter notes it can be replaced over time.
Pizza Cutter or Pizza Knife?The Sani-Safe 4-inch Pizza Cutter uses this wheel with a standard handle. For large pies, the Sani-Safe 18-inch Pizza Knife cuts edge to edge in one stroke. Learn More$31.99 -
Dexter-Russell Sani-Safe 18-inch Pizza Knife
An 18-inch blade spans a large pizza from edge to edge, so each cut goes straight across the pie in one stroke. Dexter-Russell designed the Sani-Safe S160-18 to cut a straight line through a signature pizza, which keeps toppings in place and gives even slices.The handle is built to withstand the heat of a pizza station, and the seal between blade and handle leaves no gap for sauce or cheese to collect. It is a practical tool for pizzerias and for home cooks with a large outdoor pizza oven who want clean slices of a big pie. It is the most visited Dexter pizza tool on our site.
Pizza Knife or Pizza Wheel?A wheel is quicker for a single slice or a smaller pie, and the Sani-Safe Pizza Wheel and the Cool Blue Pizza Wheel are Dexter’s options. The long knife gives straighter, more uniform cuts across a large pie. Learn More -
Dexter-Russell Sani-Safe 7-inch Narrow Fillet Knife with Scabbard
A fillet knife on a boat needs somewhere safe to live between fish. This set pairs Dexter-Russell’s Sani-Safe 7-inch narrow flexible fillet knife with the WS-1 scabbard, a white polypropylene sheath with a riveted strap and belt loop, so the knife can ride on the hip at the cleaning station or go into a tackle bag without exposing the edge.The blade is narrow and flexible for panfish, trout and flounder, and it slides under the skin cleanly. During high-volume filleting, we recommend regular use of a ceramic honing rod to realign the flexible edge. Dexter grinds each blade individually. The scabbard holds a straight blade up to 9 inches, so it can later carry a longer Dexter fillet knife too, though it will not hold curved knives.Shoppers search our site for this exact knife-and-sheath pairing, and it is a practical first fillet knife for an angler who needs both.
Choosing a Sheathed Fillet KnifeThe Sani-Safe 9-inch Fillet Knife with Scabbard suits larger fish. The scabbard alone is sold as the Dexter-Russell WS-1 Plastic Scabbard. Learn More$35.99 -
Dexter-Russell Sani-Safe 9-inch Narrow Fillet Knife with Scabbard
A customer question on this knife’s page asks what makes the Sani-Safe 9-inch fillet knife different. The answer is its length. Nine inches is the longest of Dexter-Russell’s narrow flexible Sani-Safe fillet knives, enough blade to work along the full side of a salmon, a large striped bass or a lake trout without restarting the cut.The narrow blade still flexes for skinning, and the extra reach helps on broad fish where a shorter knife ends up sawing. It comes with Dexter’s WS-1 scabbard, which has a riveted belt loop and is sized for straight blades up to 9 inches. Dexter makes the knife in Southbridge, Massachusetts, and its knives sell especially well to our customers across New England and the rest of the Northeast.
9-inch or Shorter?For trout and fish of moderate size, the Sani-Safe 7-inch Fillet Knife with Scabbard is easier to control. Without a sheath, the Sani-Safe 8-inch Narrow Flexible Fillet Knife is the in-between length. Learn More$39.99 -
Dexter-Russell Sani-Safe 3-Piece Cutlery Set
Dexter-Russell’s Sani-Safe 3-piece cutlery set pairs a 10-inch cook’s knife with a 6-inch narrow boning knife and a 3.25-inch cook’s style parer, all with the same sanitary white handle. It is a sensible starter set for a culinary student or a new line cook.The cook’s knife does the dicing and chopping, and Dexter adds cutting raw or cooked meat to its jobs. The boning knife separates meat from bone and trims fat and silver skin, and the parer handles peeling and small trim work. Together they cover a full day of prep without a drawer full of knives.
Building on the SetTo add a slicer and a scalloped chef’s knife with the same handle, see the Sani-Safe 10-inch Narrow Scalloped Roast Slicer and the Sani-Safe 10-inch Scalloped Chef’s Knife. Learn More$73.99 -
Dexter-Russell Sani-Safe 10-inch Butcher Knife
A 10-inch butcher knife is the workhorse of a meat room, heavy enough to break a pork loin into chops, portion a beef round or trim a whole brisket in long strokes. Dexter-Russell’s Sani-Safe version has a curved blade that rises to a pointed tip for piercing into a cut, and its length handles large primals that a chef’s knife cannot cross.Dexter chose a stainless, high-alloy steel for this line so the edge holds through a shift and comes back quickly on a steel. Butchers and barbecue cooks both buy this size from us, and it draws more search traffic than any other Dexter butcher knife on our site.
8-inch or 10-inch?The Sani-Safe 8-inch Butcher Knife is easier to handle on smaller cuts and on a home cutting board. For slicing steaks from a boneless primal in a single pass, the Sani-Safe 10-inch Scimitar has a more sweeping curve. Learn More$42.99
