The Paring Knife

Sharp little beauty!

I love the pairing knife. I first tried it at my daughter's house and couldn't believe how sharp and balanced this little knife felt. I realized I never had a quality knife before. It's really fun to use and cuts everything so easily. I wash, dry and return to the beautiful leather protective case right after each use. Love It!

Pure Perfection!

Ok, this is my third AR culinary masterpiece purchase. Two paring knives and one chef knife (one paring knife, gifted). My exhaustive search for an ultra thin yet strong and sharp knife has led me here to AR. Nothing in my knife pallet even comes close to the balance, sharpness and edge durability than these knives. Great sustainable and everlasting value.

Impressive knife

I recently bought the paring knife and was immediately impressed. First of all, the attention to detail that had gone into making it was obvious. There are a lot of small yet thoughtful features, like softening the edges of the spine for comfort, that set it apart from more commercially produced knives. Everything is symmetrical and the finger guard/bolster design is perfect. The most important item is obviously the Elmax blade. It came ridiculously sharp. Fortunately or unfortunately, I could not resist the temptation to put it on my Wicked Edge even though it did not need to be sharpened - I had never worked with Elmax before so I wanted to give it a try. As one would expect, it did take more work than your standard 1095/440/AUS type of material (which is a good thing - Elmax is a much harder metal with far superior edge retention) but was not overly difficult to get a mirror edge back on it with the strops. It stays very sharp. Overall - I would highly recommend this knife if you appreciate high quality blades, superior craftsmanship and attention to detail.