A steak knife, as the name would suggest, is commonly used to cut steak and it is regarded as a sharp table knife. These knives will usually be presented with a wooden handle and they will come with a serrated blade. Of all the standard knives found at a table, the steak knife is the only one that is extremely sharp. The origins of steak knives can be traced back to the end of the Second World War and the emergence of heat treatment for stainless steel.