Victorinox 47508 3-1/4-Inch Paring Knife

It's sharp, small, light, and has just the right amount of flex. What more could you want in a paring knife? It doesn't hurt that Cook's Illustrated recommends it.

Over years and years of struggling to prepare vegetables with dull knives, first in my own and continually in others' kitchens, we've become somewhat eccentric about kitchen knives - collecting them, giving them away, even taking them with me (as if I were a pro chef) when I cook elsewhere.

These Victorinox knives are a delight - so sharp they're more useful than our expensive knives, and the price has meant we can have enough we can both cut and chop at the same time, plus we can give them to everyone in the family, and know that we don't have to carry our own knife with us when we go to their houses!

PS the sharpener recommended for these knives also works amazingly well for such a simple device.

This knife was more flimsy than I expected, with a thin, flexible blade and small handle. I expected a fibrox handle and got a thin plastic handle. I like all the other Victorinox Fibrox knives that I have bought, especially the Santoku knife. It appears the prices have jumped a lot since I bought mine, around October or November of last year. I always wash my knives by hand and dry them immediately with a dish towel, and then let them sit out a bit before putting them away, to be sure that they are dry before putting them in their sheaths. This knife looks like it rusted or became discolored like rust toward the cutting edge. It still is sharp and cuts good, but the discoloration is ugly.

Excellent knife.
However, why would you buy this when you can buy 2 more equally great knifes for almost the same price?Victorinox Cutlery 3-Piece Paring Knife Set, Black Poly Handles

It's sharp. I'll give it that. But the idea that this is a 'large handle' paring knife is a joke. I order it specifically because of that feature as my wife has pretty bad arthritis in her hands. I'll keep it, but I'll be looking for something more appropriate.