Victorinox 3-1/4-Inch Paring Knife with Large Handle
The small size and sharp point of this paring knife make it ideal for handheld and small cutting chores, such as vegetable peeling or mincing herbs. An obligatory kitchen addition, this knife carries its weight mostly in its comfortable polypropylene handle, which allows you greater control. R.H. Forschner knives are made by Victorinox with the same quality as their Swiss Army knives. Like other cutlery in the line, this 3-1/4-inch paring knife is stamped from high-carbon steel that won’t stain. A special tempering process is used to produce an edge that can be resharpened over and over again, so the knife can keep its original sharpness. This item carries a lifetime warranty against manufacturer’s defects. Hand-washing is recommended.
The R H Forschner by Victorinox Paring Knife features high carbon, stainless steel blade, hand finished at Victorinox in Switzerland by skilled craftsmen. A special tempering process is used to produce an edge tha...
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This knife was bought out of jar on the counter of the Robertson’s Meats main store in OK. I got it as a whim needing to cut a summer sausage in the car. What a surprise…it has been great and I have bought 3 more.
What is the best thing in a knife is how long it keeps it’s edge and how well it sharpens. This knife beats any other brand in this category. Yes the handle is simple and small.
No other knife let’s me slice a block of hard cheese paper thin without much thinking about it and other’s always drift. The beauty is in the thin blade…it is not flimsy…thinness of the blade is what makes the knife and yet it is durable.
First off, i know that 2 stars for this product is unfair- the knife arrived as promised, was in good condition, and was as sharp or sharper than most cheap paring knives. Certainly not bad for $5.
But the problem is as follows – A) No one reads 4-star reviews and B) People who buy this expecting the exact same quality as forschner’s excellent and popular 8-inch chef’s knives should know a few things first.
I’ve owned a forschner chef’s knife for a while now. Like most, I was impressed with the quality and bargain. So i had fairly high hopes for the paring knife. But when this knife arrived, I noticed a few things.
1) It was quite thin and flexible, bordering on flimsy. No big deal, for a paring knife. I wasn’t planning on using it to cut through bone anyway and being thin is useful for a lot of things.
2) It wasn’t polished to a mirror shine like the chef’s knife. Again, though some claim a glossier knife sticks less to food, I don’t really find there to be much of a functional difference, especially for a knife of this size.
3) The handle is nylon and not fibrox. I’d have known this of course if I’d read the description better. Still, I sort of liked the feel of the fibrox on the chef’s knife and wish that forschner had some paring knives with the feature. (Maybe they even do, I don’t know. BTW I have no idea what fibrox actually is except that it’s some sort of plastic.)
4) Most importantly, I noticed immediately that the paring knife was not nearly as sharp as the chef’s knife. The chef’s knife was sharp enough to easily shave hairs and shred paper to ribbons upon arrival. This paring knife on the other hand tore paper as much as cut it and couldn’t shave hair at all. No real defects – just not carefully sharpened at the factory. It was, in short, about as sharp as any new but crappy knife. I wondered if it was even made of the same high-quality x50CR MO steel as the chef’s knife. I looked online and though I couldn’t find any info specific to this model, i did find an assurance that all victorinox forschner knives use the same steel.
So I took out my whetstones. And I’m happy to say that the little knife sharpened up beautifully. The metal ground away quickly, but the steel was still very willing to take a good razor sharp edge for me – i didn’t have any of the problems I often have with cheap soft-steel knives. I believe I will probably use this knife and be quite happy with it. But here is the problem. If you don’t do your own sharpening on stones, I can’t really recommend this knife much above other cheap paring knives. Those electric or roller sharpeners will not do the trick. And most people won’t bother to pay a professional to sharpen a $5 knife. But you’ll never get cutting performance comparable to the forschner chef’s knife without a good sharpening. I still don’t know what to expect in terms of edge retention, but given the steel used, I expect it to be pretty similar to that of the chef’s knife, which is pretty darn good for the price.
I guess it could have been just the knife that I personally received. But again, there did not appear to be any defects. It simply lacked the polish and craftsmanship of the much nicer chef’s knife. So while this knife is actually a nice bargain for those with whetstones due to the quality of the steel, it was still a bit disappointing to those expecting the same quality as forschner’s chefs knife.
I thought this would really be too small for most paring, etc., but it
isn’t, and I find that I use it a lot. These Victorinox knives arrive sharp, and they stay sharp. The handles are nice, too, very slip-resistant. Good buy!