01The blade that follows a shape · 7 pieces

Huusk Boning Knives

Seven six-inch boning blades, curved and straight, in orange, black and brown grips, most with a sheath.

7pieces on this page
$13.59–$49.99across the page
1blade lengths
3handle colours

All 23 on the boning, fillet & trimming shelf

A boning knife is the only knife in a kitchen whose job is to follow a shape rather than cut a line. Six inches is the length that does it: long enough to reach along a bone, short enough to steer with your fingers. The choice on this page is curved against straight. A curved blade rides around a joint and takes chicken thighs off the bone. A straight one trims a brisket flat and takes silverskin off a loin.

Two of the seven carry a high-visibility orange grip, which is a working detail rather than a style one: a thin blade set down on a board with meat on it is genuinely hard to see, and that is when hands find it. Most of the page ships with a sheath. The prices run from $13.59 to $49.99, which makes this the cheapest specialist shelf on the site and the one most likely to change how a chicken gets broken down at your house.

Huusk Boning Knives by colour

3 handle colours, named from our own product data rather than read off a photograph.

Huusk Boning Knife, 6"

Boning knives

Huusk Boning Knife, 6"

  • 6" blade
  • Sheath included

4.6 · 489 ratings

$25.19
Huusk Curved Boning Knife, 6", Orange

Fillet knives for fish

Huusk Curved Boning Knife, 6", Orange

  • 6" blade
  • Non-slip grip
  • Handle: Orange

4.8 · 90 ratings

$13.59
Huusk Japan Forged Knife Set Cleaver

Meat cleavers

Huusk Japan Forged Knife Set Cleaver

  • Sheath included

3.3 · 2 ratings

$40.70
Huusk Japan Knife, Black

Boning knives

Huusk Japan Knife, Black

  • Sheath included
  • Handle: Black
$45.58
Huusk Japan Knife Set, 6", Brown

Japanese kitchen knife sets

Huusk Japan Knife Set, 6", Brown

  • 6" blade
  • Handle: Brown
$45.35
Huusk Japan Knife Set, 6"

Japanese kitchen knife sets

Huusk Japan Knife Set, 6"

  • 6" blade
  • Sheath included
$49.99
Huusk Knife From Japan, 6"

Hand forged Japan knives

Huusk Knife From Japan, 6"

  • 6" blade
  • Full tang
  • Sheath included
$39.99

02Next to it on the shelf

The rest of Huusk that touches this job

fillet knives, butcher knives, carving and slicing knives: the neighbouring answers, each with its own sizes and prices.

Huusk Fillet KnivesEleven fillet blades from five to seven inches, with non-slip grips and sheaths, for fish and fine trimming.11 piecesHuusk Butcher KnivesForty-seven butcher blades from seven to eleven and a half inches, singly and in kits of up to ten pieces.47 piecesHuusk Carving and Slicing KnivesEighteen long blades from six to twelve inches, for brisket, roasts and anything that has to come off in even slices.18 pieces

03Asked before ordering

Huusk Boning Knives: questions

What people ask us about boning knives before they pick one.

Should the Huusk boning knife you buy be curved or straight?

Curved for poultry and anything where you are working around a joint. The curve keeps the edge in contact as you turn. Straight for beef and pork trimming, where you want the blade to hold its line under a fat cap. If you buy one, curved is the more generally useful.

What length of Huusk boning knife do you want?

Six inches across this page. That is the working length for a domestic kitchen: longer blades stop being steerable and shorter ones cannot reach along a leg bone.

Do you get a sheath with a Huusk boning knife?

Most of them do, and it matters more here than on any other shelf. A narrow blade loses its point first, and the point is the whole tool on a boning knife.

One button, the whole Huusk range

Every blade length, steel and piece count in the Huusk range sits behind this button, with the current price beside it. Pick the job, check the blade against the board you own, and it ships from our retail partner.