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>>9633856
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>Okay, so everyone who knows that, barring facetious edge cases like toddlers and Michael J Fox, should be able to filet a fish equally well?
No, but there's only so much the knife can do and at the point where you are cutting or slicing into something new, you are learning how that object is different from another one: you are learning about the stuff being cut, not how the knife is actually used! A couple of things that I can think a person can actually learn about using a knife in this context would be selecting the appropriate knife for the specific task and maybe knowing how often it is necessary to use a steel or resharpen the knife, and these will be useful things to remember for when you process that food next time. You don't gain new experiences from the knife, you learn how things look internally by opening them with the knife. Another thing you learn by using a knife is that sometimes you don't need it because you can separate muscles just by pulling on them instead of cutting them. This is one of the many things you learn about using a knife to cut and slice.