Modern Reproduction 1700s English Table Knife Carbon Steel Horn Fermented deeply flavorful 0003.cs.mix.mix deeply flavorful filled with interesting stories and great ideas for using pods this knife would have been paired with a very small two tined fork and represent the table knife design about 100 years after Cardinal Richelieu is said to have designed the first dedicated table knife in Europe having the points of his knives ground off in the early 17th century Another common explanation for the adoption of the rounded tipped table knife lies in pointed daggers and fixed blade knives used as weapons in drunken tavern brawls