Khanty knives include herders, hunters and fishermen knives.

The hunting knife on display is lightweight.

In her book “Khanty and Mansi: a Look from the 21st Century”, Zoya Petrovna Sokolova states:

Khanty men continue using a sharp, thin and narrow knife called “shchukhri”. They use it when working with bone, for drilling holes, processing bone surfaces, leveling holes when building narty sleds and for smoothing harness parts. Hunters, fishermen, and reindeer herders keep this knife on their belts at all times.

The “vute keshi” is another knife used by men. It has a wide blade. It is used for shaving wood and butchering deer along with other animals, and gutting fish. The bevels are sharpened on one side to a small angle, the other side — to a slightly larger one, almost like a plane. Such a knife is used for cutting out ax handles and staffs. By attaching a wooden bar to it, one can cut hunting arrows. Every man always has these two knives at his side. They are called “sotpe keshi” — “knife in a sheath”.

There is also a knife for scraping ice off of sled runners called “yenk voshamty keshi”. Both its bevels are sharpened at an angle of about 45 degrees. It is kept in the sled during the inter-season period, when there is ice on the lakes.

Khanty have several beliefs regarding knives: