Opinel or Mora for kitchen duty?

[addylo]

Anyone have a favorite? I'm especially interested in a paring knife and utility knife.

Which brand and model do you like for each?

 

[addylo]

Darn it, posted to the wrong forum. My bad.

 

[Gadfly22]

I use a number of Mora models as paring knives. They work fine, and I can keep them hidden from my family, who are all very rough on kitchen knives. I still have to sharpen just about every knife in the block every week, but my Moras stay nice and sharp. And hidden.

 

[IUKE12]

I have a few stainless Mora knives in the kitchen but nothing beats my Opinel #9 carbon for slicing and paring duties

 

[addylo]

I just got an Opinel #8 for the kitchen but am having a hard time convincing my wife it is fit for paring tasks. I guess she sees it as more of a woodshop knife.

 

[Franciscomv]

Opinel makes some nice paring knives. I like the Office N°112 model, a basic paring knife with a 10cm blade. I bought a bunch of them (they're only 11 euros for a box of two), kept a couple and gave some away. I even use them as utility knives in some tool boxes.

http://www.opinel.com/cuisine/essentiels-classics/office-ndeg112

 

[dogstar]

Opinel is probably better because of the full flat grind (excuse me, I mean, very subtle convex grind). If you get a Mora, get one of the thinner ones.

 

[G. Scott H.]

^This. I have a pair of the Opinel carbon paring knives. They're great.

 

[FortyTwoBlades]

Opinel is probably better because of the full flat grind (excuse me, I mean, very subtle convex grind). If you get a Mora, get one of the thinner ones.

Yup. Opinel all the way. It'll dance circles around even the thinnest Moras when it comes to kitchen work. It's all in the grind.