Knife Skills - How to Select a Paring Knife
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Chef Eric Crowley, one of Mahalo's cooking experts, shows you how to properly select a paring knife.
A Little History
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Originally, paring knives were used for peeling, but now that we have separate vegetable peelers, paring knives are most commonly used for whittling and trimming.c
Pick a Store
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Go to a store where they will not only let you hold the knives but also have a testing station set up so that you can feel how the knife cuts.
The number one criteria for selecting a knife should be if you like the way it feels in your hand. If it's not comfortable, you won't use it.
Choose a Type
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While paring knives come in different lengths, the most common blade size is three to four inches.
A forged paring knife has a thick hilt, or bolster (the spot between the handle and the blade), but a stamped knife doesn't have any hilt and only a partial metal tang (the part of the blade that extends into the handle).
A bird's beak paring knife is specifically for tournee cuts (shaping vegetables into football-like shapes).
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