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IN THE FOOD AREA I GUESS

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a wiry knifemaker
A wiry knifemaker stands here, carefully polishing a small blade.
This man is swarthy of complexion with dark hair that is kept thoroughly out of his face with a faded green bandana. His skin is lined with age and his hands spotted with scars and burns. He wears a heavy leather apron, sturdy trousers and a long-sleeved shirt rolled back to the elbows.

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a long bread knife
A bread knife has been left here.
Crafted by a master of the knifemaking art, this bread knife is long and elegant with a polished wooden handle. The blade is slender and serrated, providing the perfect edge to cut a loaf of bread cleanly with.

a curved boning knife
A boning knife lies here.
With a polished wooden handle and a brightly polished blade, this boning knife is long and delicately shaped, the tip curving and tapering such that the knife can be used both for broad slicing and working around hard-to-reach areas with the tip.

a hefty chef's knife
A chef's knife is here.
The blade of this high-quality knife is triangular in shape, broad and hefty toward the polished wooden handle and tapering to a point at the tip. The knife is such that it has enough weight for chopping, but the end is fine enough to do more precise work as well.


a broad carving knife
A carving knife has been left here.
With its glossy blade and polished wooden handle, this carving knife bears clear signs of a master knifemaker's work. Though not quite as broad as a cleaver, this knife has enough heft that it makes carving roasts an easy task, the slices coming out regular and at whatever thickness the user might desire.

a long carving fork
A carving fork sits here.
Designed to hold a chunk of meat still while carving, this elegant fork has two tapering prongs and a smoothly polished wooden handle.

a large meat cleaver
A meat cleaver is here.
This knife has the distinctive shape of a meat cleaver, with a large rectangular blade which has been crafted to be heavy, lending enough force to sever tendon and gristle with a chopping action. The handle is smoothly polished wood, the entire piece clearly the work of a master knifemaker.

a small bread knife
A small bread knife lies here.
Designed to cut smaller loaves of bread than a traditional breadknife, this smaller blade is triangular in shape, serrated on one side to provide a cutting edge appropriate for the porous texture of bread. Both the handle and blade have been polished to a high shine.

a serrated steak knife
A steak knife is here.

Sized to be used opposite a regular fork, this steak knife is elegantly shaped, with a serrated blade and a polished wooden handle. It fits comfortably in the hand, and easily slices through even very tough cuts of meat.

a small paring knife
A paring knife has been left here.
This short-bladed knife is designed for paring work, its gently tapered blade perfect for peeling and fiddly processes. The handle is polished wood, and the edge of the knife is extremely sharp~; it is clearly the work of a master knifemaker.

a canvas knife roll
A canvas knife roll sits here.
Sewn from a long piece of yellowish canvas, this knife roll has a series of pockets in varying sizes, providing a place to store one of each kind of kitchen knife, plus four steak knives as well. The entire piece rolls up into a neat bundle to protect both the knives and the person carrying them, held closed by a long strap that wraps around and buckles snugly closed.