1, when you put down your knife and fork during eating, you should put them in a figure of eight and put them on the edge of the plate respectively. The blade is facing itself, indicating that you will continue to eat.

2. After eating a dish, put the knife and fork together on the plate.

3. If you are talking, you can hold a knife and fork without putting it down. When you don't use a knife, you can also hold a fork in your right hand, but if you need to gesture, you should put down your knife and fork, never wave and shake it in the air with your hand, and never wipe your mouth with a napkin in one hand, nor take a glass in one hand and a fork in the other. Remember, never put one end of the knife and fork on the plate and the other end on the table.

Knife and fork are like chopsticks racks in China. Sometimes the knife and fork (or spoon) are placed on the knife and fork rack as a group; Sometimes, knives, forks and spoons are grouped and placed on the knife and fork rack; Sometimes the knife and fork (or spoon) are placed on it as a group, so that the blade of the knife and the front of the fork will not touch the tablecloth.

The shape of the knife used in meat cooking is basically the same in any restaurant, but the knife used in fish cooking is often different from restaurant to restaurant. Especially, fish cooking knives with the same width as meat cooking knives tend to tilt gradually, and those wider than this width are also common. There are also some fish cooking knives with wider blade width and luxurious decoration on the blade part.

Reference source Baidu Encyclopedia Western etiquette