best knife for pumpkin carving

I actually used my military to puncture a hole and then stuck a jigsaw blade in and that worked perfectly
 
Any spyderco salt would work because when your done you can throw it in the dishwasher and not have to hand clean all the pumpkin guts from the pivot. Happy carving
 
Definitely, Spyderco Salt series. I'd use the Pacific Salt, it's a pocket chainsaw really, and then just put in under water, clean it and ready to go.

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If you want to do more detailed work, I'd suggest the Dragonfly Salt, Spyderco ARK if fixed (both having the total corrosion-proof advantage) or smaller blades like those on most multitools (Micra, SAKs, etc.), they all allow really precise cutting and finger control.

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I have had good results using serrated steak knife. Tip for piercing and flexible enough for curving cuts
 
While it's not nearly as cool as carving a pumpkin with a Spyderco or BK9:D the best tool I've ever used was one like this
 
I use dedicated pumpkin knives. I have tried other knives and it never works well. Especially if you like to do the really detailed pumpkins. Blades wider than a 1/4 inch seem to not be able to cut corners or curves well. Honestly pumpkin knives were designed to be safer and easier to use. And I havent found anythin gthat actually works better. I even bought a large set of expensive pumpkin knives with saw like serrations and all it really did was allow it to open my palm better when I slipped with it.
 
PURPLEDC said:
I use dedicated pumpkin knives. I have tried other knives and it never works well. Especially if you like to do the really detailed pumpkins. Blades wider than a 1/4 inch seem to not be able to cut corners or curves well. Honestly pumpkin knives were designed to be safer and easier to use. And I havent found anythin gthat actually works better. I even bought a large set of expensive pumpkin knives with saw like serrations and all it really did was allow it to open my palm better when I slipped with it.
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This^^

I tried about everything with my collection last year, and those cheap pumpkin knives did far, far better.
 
Those dedicated pumpkin knives are the hot ticket. The closest thing I have found to them is a worn down Forschner boning knife I used for belt sharpening practice that serves as a pepper corer in my kitchen.
 
fsatsil said:
While it's not nearly as cool as carving a pumpkin with a Spyderco or BK9:D the best tool I've ever used was one like this (zombie pumpkin knives pic)
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That's... actually quite brilliant! $22 and I bet you can make short work of a pumpkin with those. Someone was smart enough to take some modified jigsaw blades and put them on a carving knife handle... Gives me some ideas on how to make my own on a much smaller budget.
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i'm curious, why is a serrated better? does a plain edge have a tendency to steer to one side during cutting?
 
I use a Gerber 06 FAST for the bigger jobs and a Kershaw Wade Officer for the smaller details. I like the Wade Officer because it stays sharp and the serrated wharncliffe portion works wonders.
 
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