Specialty Tool: Best Oyster Knives

Elizabeth Passarella
Elizabeth Passarella
Elizabeth Passarella is the author of the essay collection Good Apple and a contributing editor at Southern Living. A former editor at Real Simple and Vogue, she has spent more than 20 years writing about food, travel, home design, and parenting in outlets including The New York…read more
published Jun 17, 2008
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We usually leave the oyster shucking to the professionals. We’ve watched rubber-gloved guys behind the counter at Casamento’s in New Orleans open and loosen hundreds of raw oysters, jamming their blunt oyster knives into each shell with expert precision.

But we’ve had the occasional pleasure of opening our own oysters, thanks to a family member who likes to smoke big batches tucked in wet towels on his grill. If you have one of those ambitious oyster lovers in your life, you might consider some special knives as the perfect summer gift. Below, some good options…

The set pictured above is the Dubost Oyster Knife Set, $8.95 at Sur La Table, which includes a lovely wooden holder for the oyster. We usually use a dish towel (or risk it with our bare hands) but this one looks safer.

(Image credit: Apartment Therapy)
(Image credit: Apartment Therapy)
(Image credit: Apartment Therapy)
(Image credit: Apartment Therapy)
(Image credit: Apartment Therapy)

Related: Is It Cruel to Throw Away Oysters?

(Images: Sur La Table; Chef’s Resource; Legal Sea Foods; Instawares; Emeril Store)

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