Victorinox Fibrox Pro 5-inch Curved Semi-Stiff Boning Knife

About half the people who order this knife from us work in meat and poultry processing. The other half are home cooks who break down their own chickens. The Victorinox Fibrox Pro Curved Semi-Stiff Boning Knife has a short, narrow blade that follows the frame of a bird and enough backbone to push through cartilage at the joints. Customers rarely exchange it for another size or flex, so it is a sound first boning knife for anyone unsure where to start.

Close Work on Poultry and Smaller Cuts

The curve keeps the edge against the bone as you separate a thigh from the carcass or lift breast meat off the keel, so less meat stays on the frame. The narrow blade turns easily inside a joint, which suits poultry and smaller cuts of pork and lamb. Semi-stiff sits between Victorinox’s flexible and stiff blades. It cuts through connective tissue without bowing and gives a little where the bone changes direction. On a long shift, the textured Fibrox Pro handle matters as much as the blade, since it stays secure in wet or greasy hands.

Choosing a Victorinox Boning Knife

Victorinox makes boning knives in several lengths, widths and degrees of flex. These are the closest alternatives:

The Victorinox Hardwood 5-inch Curved Semi-Stiff Boning Knife pairs a blade of this size and flex with a wooden handle. For how boning knives differ from fillet and breaking knives, see our Kitchen Knife Shapes guide.