Ulu Knives, Cheese Knives, Tomato Knives, Kitchen Shears, and the Specialty Blades for Every Odd Job.
Your chef's knife is a generalist, and generalists get outperformed by specialists on their home turf. A tomato knife glides where a chef's knife squashes. An ulu rocks through herbs that a straight blade just bruises.
This is the drawer of specialists: the blades and shears each built for one job, so that one annoying job stops being annoying.
The right tool for the odd job (finally).
- ALASKA'S FAVORITE BLADE - the rocking Walnut Ulu Knife chops herbs, pizza, and veggies in a fraction of the strokes. Its hand-made leather sheath comes from our own leather line, whose profits go to World Orphans.
- Sawing through tomatoes and soft fruit? The serrated Tomato Slicer Knife by Rada and the Lettuce / Tomato Knife bite the skin without crushing what's inside.
- Board night? The Cheese Knife by Rada handles everything from a sharp cheddar to a crumbly wedge.
- The Kitchen Scissors with Herb Stripper by OXO snip herbs, open stubborn packaging, and strip rosemary, while the Poultry Shears by Norpro break down a whole chicken.
- (Breakfast and the kids' plate.) The curved Grapefruit Knife frees every segment, and the Tot Grape Cutter by OXO halves grapes and cherry tomatoes in a single press.
- Making spaetzle from scratch? Yep, we even stock a Spaetzle Maker for that.
The specialty drawer is where a real kitchen store shows off.
Kooi Housewares is a family-run store in Muskegon, Michigan, and honestly, this is our favorite corner of the shop. The big-box chains won't stock a clam knife or a spaetzle maker, so folks kept walking in and asking, and we kept saying yes. Hunting for an oddball blade you can't find anywhere? Email us at support@kooihousewares.com and we'll tell you straight whether we can track it down.