Hallowe'en knife

[CUTS LIKE A KRIS]

What is the best knife everybody uses to carve their pumpkins with??? Last night my Spyderco Ronin won that honor. As it is the big day we need a thread about it

 

[KeithAM]

One with a thin blade. I plan to use a Victorinox paring knife.

 

[mnblade]

Thinner the better. An old Dexter carbon steel boning knife for me. Wicked sharp and - truth be told - a little scary looking. Just right for Halloween.

 

[aaronjayl]

I used a Busse Skeleton Key and it made short work of the carving

 

[rebeltf]

My Mora got this years honor and performed well. :thumbup:

 

[clone7]

used a swamp rat desert Jack... well did for most of it.

 

[puukkoman]

Haven't carved yet, but I'll probably use my Spyderco Military.
Long blade will go through a thick pumpkin shell, gets narrow toward the tip for fine work, and is thin & flat-ground, so it won't bind when it's sunk deep.

 

[Shann]

My son and I used a Sharpfinger and a Spyderco paring knife. The paring knife did a great job. Its sharp and flexible. A little longer would have been better.

The Sharpfinger did the job okay. The sharp tip worked very well to start the hole. It was a bit duller than the Spyderco and was much thicker so it wasn't as easy to use.

 

[brewthunda]

I use a reciprocating saw to cut the tops off - there's nothing better. Brrrrrrrrrrrrrippp! and the top is off. I've also used it to carve the face on the pumpkin, too - total carving time was under 2 minutes. Other than that I tend to use a steak knife and a vegetable peeler.

I like to peel off the outer skin and carve faces in relief - the tip of the vegetable peeler is perfect for this kind of carving.

 

[nelsonmc]

Orange handled pumpkin cutter lol

 

[proguide]

Nothing but a dark-ops will do, it reduces pumpkin splatter.

 

[cutlerylover]

I carved my pumpkin 3 days ago with my BM42...just because I had it on me when I was ready to carve...lol, I own an oranged handled pumpkin carver but I have no idea where it is...lol...

 

[Racerx2oo3]

I prefer using a drywall hand saw. Tears through pumpkins like nobody's business. I also use a folding hacksaw blade which also rips right though pumpkins.

 

[G3]

I prefer using a drywall hand saw. Tears through pumpkins like nobody's business. I also use a folding hacksaw blade which also rips right though pumpkins.

Those work well. I've used a filet knife too.

 

[cybrok]

A 30" Ang Khola

 

[matthew krissak]

This year I used the Spyderco Delica Wave.

 

[BJE]

I use a small Martini/Rapala fillet knife, it is EXTREMELY sharp!

 

[babakanoosh45]

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