Konoha Paring Knife

The smallest blade in the Konoha line, built for work done in the hand rather than on the board: hulling strawberries, deveining shrimp, trimming fat close to the fingers. Forged and finished in Seki, Japan.

Features

• At 3.5 inches it turns tight in the hand, following the curve of an apple or a potato.
• The fine point opens a clean peel and finishes it without tearing the skin.
• Short enough for full pinch-grip control, for cuts a longer blade can't see.
• The core steel is VG-10, heat-treated until the Rockwell tester reads 60 ±2, which keeps sharpening sessions rare.
• The 67 Damascus layers surface as a flowing grain that no two blades repeat.
• Call it 3.6 oz of working weight, the lightest blade in the series and built to stay that way.

The same spalted burl as the rest of the Konoha line, set in a western riveted grip with a steel bolster and end cap.

Covered for life against manufacturing defects, with 30-day returns. Ships free from our US warehouse with fast delivery.

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