Victorinox Folding Baker’s Knife (Lame), 2.5-inch Serrated

Scoring is the final step before a loaf goes into the oven, and it controls how the bread opens during oven spring. The Victorinox folding baker’s knife scores dough with a 2.5-inch serrated blade in a hawksbill, or bird’s beak, shape, which takes the place of a razor-blade lame.

The fine serrations bite into the skin of risen dough without dragging, which helps on high-hydration doughs where a straight blade can snag. The curve of the blade follows the shape of a round boule or an oblong batard, and it also cuts baker’s twine.

The blade folds into a red aluminum (Alox) handle the size of a pocket knife, so it travels in an apron pocket and stays safe in a drawer. Score with one quick, confident stroke at a shallow angle; hesitating drags the dough.

For a bread knife to slice the finished loaf, browse our Victorinox bread knives, and see our Kitchen Knife Shapes guide for the full range of shapes.