**On November 22nd, let's give thanks to the essential tools that help us get the feast on the table, like a top-notch knife that calms your carving jitters: An excellent edge keeps crisp skin attached to juicy meat, and a long blade neatly dispatches bigger birds into tidy pieces. The slicers shown here are beautiful enough to become family heirlooms but functional enough to use all year.
Zanmai 8.8" French slicer knife, $238; chefdepot.com
Berti Coltello Collection white Lucite carving knife, $150; taigan.com
Laguiole en Aubrac 6 3-4" solid horn knife, part of set, $250; williams-sonoma.com
Berti ox-horn carving knife, $374; taigan.com
Bob Kramer 9" stainless Damascus slicing knife by Zwilling J.A. Henckels, $400; surlatable.com
Schmidt Brothers Cutlery "Forge" series 8" slicer knife, $40; schmidtbrotherscutlery.com
Tamahagane San 8" carver, part of set, $350; broadwaypanhandler.com