Knife with disposable inserts

A method for cutting an article, comprising:

• providing a composite knife having a cutting edge and defining an acute cutting angle for the cutting edge, the cutting angle establishing, in a selected reference plane perpendicular to the cutting edge, a first reference axis that bisects the cutting angle and a second reference axis perpendicular to the first reference axis, the composite knife including a cutting edge insert having a front end that includes the cutting edge and a threaded insert mounting hole, and a knife body for removably mounting the insert, the knife body having a body mounting hole adapted to align with the insert mounting hole when the insert is mounted to the knife body, so that the insert mounting hole and knife body mounting hole share a common hole axis;
• producing an operative, assembled configuration of the knife including inserting an elongate fastener through the body mounting hole, threading a threaded end of the fastener into the insert mounting hole, and tightening the fastener so as to produce a compressive force between the cutting edge insert and the knife body directed along the common hole axis and thereby removably mounting the cutting edge insert to the knife body so that the insert contacts the knife body at respective compression supporting surfaces of the cutting edge insert and knife body, and an interlocking portion of the cutting edge insert mates with a corresponding interlocking portion of the knife body, the interlocking portions being distinct from the respective compression supporting surfaces, wherein the common hole axis is closer to being parallel to the first reference axis than the second reference axis;
• and
• using the knife in said operative, assembled configuration to cut the article.