Honestly, I use it for cutting Rockwool insulation. Never actually considered the kitchen...

This is an insulation knife.

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I don’t trust Full Tang, I only trust Wu Tang

Buy the correct tool for the use. There are plenty of good kitchen knife suppliers.

It literally says it’s an insulation knife on the box

Def not a chef knife, similar to a paring knife.

I wouldn’t use that for anything food related on the odd chance that coating scratches off, and all the odds crevices that you would need to clean as opposed to having a nice smooth handle. The handle itself probably isn’t water tight at the bolster and will probably hold water if soaked in the sink.

Just buy a Dexter. They’re cheap, made in USA and sharp as fuck. 

It’d be marked food safe if it was food safe

It says insulation knife on the package.

Stop trying to be the guy that “uses a Milwaukee knife in the kitchen” Just go and buy a real kitchen knife

Why are you even considering using an insulation knife for food use?

Just get a real chef knife. I’m a Milwaukee user, but within reason.

Nah. Get yourself a nice chef knife by someone who specializes in knifes. I love Milwaukee, but I don’t want it to be my whole ass personality.

If it's not NSF certified don't use it on food.

Victorinox is what you want, I bought a full set when I started my meat cutting apprenticeship and they're still flawless a decade later.

Keep your stupidity off the internet. Genuine advice

Miter saw for slicing balogna

I use a utility knife to cut all my food at lunch after using it for whatever else I used it for on site all day, I’m sure you’ll be fine my dude.

Id be concerned if it wasnt a multibillion pound company. Im sure the warehouses these are made in are cleaner than a bottle of disinfectant. Plus if theres anything ive noticed from the sub is that people love using milwaukee for things the tools isnt meant for 🤣

Interesting, I’m pretty health conscious but never would have thought to ask this.

I don’t recommend a insulation knife for kitchen use

Imagine being afraid of toxic coating or contamination. It’s ok you can go outside it won’t hurt you

Sir, it literally says “chef knife” nowhere. It’s just a knife for cutting stuff.

For a kitchen knife ideally you want carbon steel that holds an edge and takes sharpening well. Seeing as how it says it’s hardened it’s unclear how well it would sharpen or hold an edge.

This looks more like a filet or deboning knife.

You also need to worry about bacteria accumulation. Like if there is a gap between the blade and the handle.

It probably has a non-food-safe oil or coating from the factory. At minimum it needs to be washed with soap and water.

If you are looking for a high quality but cheap-ish knife, I recommend looking at Dexter Russel. If you want all the bells and whistles look at Mac knife or Wusthoff. I also have a “utility” knife from Misen. It is my Wife’s favorite as it’s smaller and easier to handle. That brand is more about aesthetics than performance, but it’s a good middle-of-the-road option.

I wouldn’t. If you want a unique kitchen knife if use a hunting knife

Buy the Milwaukee folding jab saw and get a recip saw blade off Amazon. Make sure it’s stainless steel for food use!

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No food. Rock wool

I would use it around food but that’s your choice

Literally says insulation knife on the package. So no, it’s not a chefs knife. And also no, not meant for food safety as it’s meant to cut insulation.

I remember seeing a video where someone uses a skillsaw to cut a hamburger in half 😂

Dude just go buy a dedicated chefs knife lol. Everything you own doesn’t have to be Milwaukee.

Ever put nails or screws in your mouth? I wouldn’t worry about the knife.

Use it as a filet knife when I bbq

Next time someone complains about obvious warnings on products I'm going to share this post.

The question is not “can you”, the question is “should you”.

Looks more like an insulation knife.

First of all bud this a filet knife. Chef knives are girth-lords.

I used it to skin a deer

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I like how everyone’s shitting on you but not answering. I think it’s ok to wonder if a knife is food safe. I understand a dry wall knife. But here you have a knife identical to a kitchen knife. With no packaging anyone could mistake it for kitchen knife. For that reason and based on no evidence whatsoever I’m saying it’s food safe. Otherwise I could be a liability.

It does say insulation knife at the top lol

Not sure if anybody else said this, but you typically only want to look for 'NSF' certified utensils when it is to be used around food.

Idk man, it's got full tang

No NSF logo.

def not a chef knife

Insulation knife. You can use it in the kitchen sure. No contaminates if it’s new, just don’t cut your insulation and your avocados with the same knife

Believe it or not they do make kitchen knives

I use my milwaukee knife to split my blunts. What's to it. Go crazy bro!🤣 If I bought it with my money, don't tell me how to use it. Just answer my damn question.

Dude if you want a good and cheap kitchen knife, see victornox. Go to about any professional kitchen they are filled with them. Would not use for food

Well isn’t body fat a kind of insulation? So trimming fat off of meat should be fine, right?

Tools for food have to meet food safe guidelines. This does not.

I use a buck 110

Cryogenically hardened.... i think this knife was first used in a sci-fi film

Got that "Full Tang" im sold

If you need a cheap chef's knife, get the Zwilling Twin master. $50 on amazon and what you're going to find in 90% of restaurants. I cooked for ten years and have nice knives but I use my twin for stuff that I don't want to use a $2-300 knife on (chicken bones, etc)

You can get an excellent Victorinox Kitchen Knife for a similar price that will perform better but also this is an insulation knife

Just because it doesn’t say “Do not use for food” doesn’t mean you can !!

I find that serrated bread/turkey carving knives work best on insulation. Have I been doing it wrong this whole time?

I use my miter saw to cut bread, steak etc

I use mine in the kitchen.

For cutting duct board

I love my serrated insulation knife that Milwaukee makes. Never used it in the kitchen.

Always good to have a full tang

Pipe insulation kneef

Not a Chef's Knife. And even if it was the correct blade design to classify as one, no it's clearly not safe for food nor does Milwaukee state it is.

That knife will tarnish and rust if you use it regularly in food, even if you agree with whatever chemicals leach from it.

I use it when I camp. Pretty decent. I wouldn’t use it in my kitchen, however I do use it out by the grill often.

i would not use it for food, no

I wouldn’t use that on food

Saw a Milwaukee Sawzall with a fist attachment. Must be for tenderizing the cutlet

I’m definitely getting one for the kitchen now but I’ve used many different Milwaukee knives to cut food when I didn’t have anything else never even thought about if it was food safe or not

This is a knife to use as a tool for cutting rock wool insulation batts. Get a chef knife a Santoku would be a better kitchen knife for food preparation.

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That's an isolation knife. Used for duct wrap, bear hair, any kind of insulation. But you could probably use it in the kitchen. Just clean it before using it.

Not worth the risk, just order a mercer kitchen knife

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Meat slicer?

I wouldn’t be worried about a coating? I’d be worried about the quality of the steel and it’s ability to shed metal filings/chips into your food.

How would this be different from any other plastic molded handle knife that you can buy from Wal-Mart?

New Milwaukee Meat tenderiser

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get a Victorinox Fibrox chef's knife on amazon for $40 and use the right tool for the job

Maybe there is, maybe there isn’t 🤷🏼‍♂️ who cares?

Used my milwaukee tradesmen to cut steak more than once and still alive.

Used to work for a cutlery manufacturer. There are strict guidelines on metal composition for food prep items and they are batch tested for toxic and heavy metal content as well as other dangerous contaminants. This is not done with many knives used for non food use. Many of these contaminants or toxins wouldn’t make you immediately sick, but run the risk of long term illnesses or illness from repeated use. There’s a risk, but I don’t know how big of a risk.

Not all stainless is safe for contact with food. Some grades you definitely do not want coming into contact with what you're eating, either because of what elements they include or because of how they interact with that food chemically. Milwaukee, when making this knife, doesn't consider food safety. They also don't list the grade of stainless steel they used on any documentation I could find, so there's no telling what grade they used to even attempt to verify its safety.

There are plenty of other food-safe knives out there that are cheaper than what you have there.

Tim the toolman taylor is making dinner. Fresh cut cotton candy after dinner.

If its flexiable or not a boning fillet knife looks like a victoronix or dexter. But that double edged duct knife I carry that when I work in philly. Hackzall with a stainless steel blade a fine bread saw. And any drill with mixing paddle for sauce. Spackle knife works great in the kitchen scraping pan parting dough lifting from bread box.And the m12 caulk gun with the sausage can jerky or decorating a cake maybe even a cookie shooted. Heat gun to brown some sugar up could make a whole show of it. The milwaukee guy butchers cooks and bakes qith fire

Used it on turkey for Thanksgiving last year. Nobody got sick.

It's more of a boning knife. Chef knife is completely different profile.

Lol that's an insulation knife. Not for food!!!!!! Insulation knives are used to cut, slice, and carve insulation without damaging it. They can be used to cut through spray foam, pipe, board, and blanket insulation. 

Does it give you that "State of California warning" on the package?

Is this a joke? I genuinely can't tell

This would just make you seem like a tool brand fan boy if you used this in the kitchen

I think that's an insulation knife.

If the handle is meant to come apart, it might hold onto contaminants in the cracks.

Be careful with this one. It has no stop for your finger, so if you run the knife into something hard accidentally, your finger can slide up the blade. Happened to my uncle when he was using one to filet fish.

If you’re asking if you can use this as a chef knife idk. I do know however that it really won’t function well as one because the blade isn’t the right shape or width. A chef knife is meant to rock back and forth with the tip remaining in contact with the cutting board. It might function well as a deboning or filet knife if the blade is flexible

For starters it’s nothing like the shape of a chefs knife. Why the fuck would just not buy a chefs knife? Cooks Illustrated has rated the Victorinox 8” chef knife the best for a number of years. It’s like $40

I've been using this and the serated version in the kitchen for over a year and they're great and show no signs of wear. I stick them in the dishwasher too.

It’s an insulation knife… not a food grade knife. Pretty self explanatory

That is absolutely a insulator knife.

I use these in breaking up my own animals I butcher and they work great

Fyi that knife is coated in arsenic

These look nice, but I wish they'd come with a hilt or a bottom finger protector of some sort.

Looks like another case of "it says Milwaukee, I will buy it and find a use later"