The Milk Street Noko Offset knife is a complete redesign of the serrated knife to make it better at slicing bread—plus, dozens of other applications. For starters, we raised the handle above the blade so there’s no risk of smashing your knuckles against the cutting board. We shortened the blade to 8 inches (about 2 inches shorter than most), which is still plenty long for a large loaf but more practical for small tasks—it’ll fit into a pie plate or cake pan and you won’t feel ridiculous cutting vegetables. The thin stiff blade swoops with a pronounced curve, offering a powerful slicing motion that puts every inch of the blade into play. And it’s easier on your wrist than the back-and-forth sawing of a straight-bladed bread knife.
The Noko has double-sided serrations, which means that the knife cuts straight whether you are right– or left–handed. The tip and the butt end of the blade are smooth-edged to pierce and gain purchase on foods and to cleanly finish the slice. Finally, the dual-sided, shallow-gulleted serrations are just the right size for most jobs—we find many serrated knives to be either much too large or too small.
The warm-toned carbonized beechwood handle is a softened version of our signature lock-in ergonomic grip that’s on all Milk Street knives. It’s a bit rounder and better suited to how you handle a bread knife—more tight-gripped slicer than dicer.