Why does a knife need to be pulled back and forth to cut things?

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Like what difference does the cutting motion do compared to just pushing down a knife ?

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It doesn’t, it’s just that most knives you encounter are blunt, so need to be used like a saw. Try a really high quality sharpened knife and you can cut straight down.

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