Paring knives as lightweight belt knives ?

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I used to regularly take a wee George Wostenholm paring knife out camping with me, and more recently I used to pack one of these Kuhn Rihon Colori knives, lightweight, inexpensive, sharp, comes with a sheath, and is available in a range of colours - Obviously mine is black I also like the Cold Steel Roach Belly for the same role

I like the looks of the roach belly; don't know why I never bit o n one.

 

[Crappie71]

You're probably right. That would explain the unpolished work on the blade, and that archaiic bolster seems unlikely in a modern from-scratch project. Funny thing is, the blade is a hard stainless, which I would think late for that bolster.

I’m pretty sure it’s a round tip table knife reground into a clip point. The bolster is poured pewter; I’ve seen several old stainless knives with that bolster over the years.

 

[Crappie71]

Top: John Primble India Steelworks
Middle: Green River Ripper
Bottom: Case Old Forge

These aren’t fancy, but I consider them valuable tools. They have processed a lot of fish and game and done a lot of kitchen work. I’ve been making belt sheaths for them for the last 20 years but haven’t gotten around to it yet, so right now they’re pretty much kit knives.

 

[TradTrapper]

I am a *huge* fan of the Victorinox paring knife for outdoor fine-cutting chores. I have a bunch of them, along with a couple of sheaths from @Top's Custom Kydex . I often cut an inch or so off the handle to facilitate pocket carry.
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In the same vein is the excellent (and sadly discontinued) Mora 2/0. This one has a very well-made neck sheath I purchased from a seller on eBay (or perhaps Etsy—I can’t recall). While I’m not ordinarily a fan of neck knives, this is my preferred fishing knife, where having a knife in front of you at chest-level is often handy.

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This 2/0 is a great fishing knife. I have the Anniversary model (I believe it’s called) with the unpainted handle. Outside of the size, the key feature of this is that little unsharpened edge where the blade meets the handle. The regular wood handle blades have a razor sharp edge all the way to the handle and that makes me crazy nervous. That little unsharpened part makes all the difference.

 

[JTB_5]

I carry this little paring knife in a collector knives sheath thy I can either slide into my pocket or tie to my belt with a lanyard. It’s very lightweight.

 

[Sventhelumberjack]

That is a classy little paring knife. Really like the green acrylic handles.

 

[JTB_5]

That is a classy little paring knife. Really like the green acrylic handles.

Thanks! There are little slivers of aluminum in the acrylic and the acrylic itself is "thermoreactive resin" which changes to a brighter shade of green when the temperature of the resin gets above 85 degrees or so. It's cool stuff.

 

[Jack Black]

I like the looks of the roach belly; don't know why I never bit o n one.

I've found it a really useful blade Jer

Romany Gypsies and Travellers traditionally carry Churi Knives, made from re-hafted and modified table knives.

 

[black mamba]

I use this parer by Daado a lot in the kitchen, but it only has a blade protector, not really a sheath. If I find one to fit, it would work nicely.

 

[tejasandre]

Tactical... is that a chess term?

On Instagram all the “tactical” folks have been buying out Walmart for the pioneer woman pairing knives. Apparently they outperform several actual tactical fixed blades that are commonly carried in that community.

 

[Horsewright]

I call this one the "Cowboy Toothpick". I modified one of my paring knife designs by making the blade about a 1/8" or so not as tall at the heel. One of my newest models, they have been extremely popular. I've done them in both 26C3 high carbon and AEB-L stainless.

This slim paring knife design has one great attribute from a knife making perspective. It lets me get one more knife from that sheet of steel instead of throwing that chunk away that nothing else will fit on. My wife has a one off castrator knife that I made her, at her request, for our ranch work. It is simply one of my regular damascus paring knives and I rounded the tip. That was the only change I made to the knife.

We pass it around to whoever is cutting. Here in my back pocket:

Emma using it now:

Here is a couple of my regular damascus parers:

Simply modified to this:

 

[Hickory n steel]

I just received the Vic, only waiting on the sheath now.


The serrated dexter was apparently out of stock or something, I was refunded my money and just bought the sheath for the plain edge version I've got coming.

 

[Hickory n steel]

The dexter is at the post office on track for pickup this evening, and the Victorinox sheath just mys arrive today as well.
The dexter is likely to fit in the Vic sheath, so I plan to carry the sheath and swap rotate through both knives out for trial.

 

[Hickory n steel]

On Instagram all the “tactical” folks have been buying out Walmart for the pioneer woman pairing knives. Apparently they outperform several actual tactical fixed blades that are commonly carried in that comcommunity

Is that the same people who modify the little Victorinox " shaping knife " for some kind of funky backwards grip ?

 

[tejasandre]

Is that the same people who modify the little Victorinox " shaping knife " for some kind of funky backwards grip ?

Yes. That’s the idea.

 

[Hickory n steel]

Got the dexter and Vic sheath in.

I quite like the Dexter, and the much brighter blaze orange color.
The handle is a little shorter, but not overly so.
I was under the impression that the blade was thicker but it's actually not and the knives are essentially the same thing, though the dexter is a little wider.

The sheath has a clip which I didn't expect and is a nice feature, the plastic insert was too long though and the knife would barely fit into the sheath so I cut it down real quick.

 

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Got the dexter and Vic sheath in.

I quite like the Dexter, and the much brighter blaze orange color.
The handle is a little shorter, but not overly so.
I was under the impression that the blade was thicker but it's actually not and the knives are essentially the same thing, though the dexter is a little wider.

The sheath has a clip which I didn't expect and is a nice feature, the plastic insert was too long though and the knife would barely fit into the sheath so I cut it down real quick.

Nice. Plastic is great stuff.

 

[Cooter Brown]

Neat thread. Some years ago my sister brought back an Opinel paring knife from France. Thin, slicy carbon steel blade, the same beech handle as the folder. Easy to get wickedly sharp. It's my kitchen parer for most stuff. They also make them in stainless.

It'd be easy enough to make a sheath for.

 

[Hickory n steel]

Nice. Plastic is great stuff

I originally went looking for something for fishing when I decided on my purchases so I wanted the bright orange, otherwise I probably would have went for something in carbon steel with a wood handle.

But yes plastic is nice for these, it may not be necessary but I do like how they weigh almost nothing.
A sheath is pretty much always gonna weigh more than the knife when they're this lightweight though.

 

[Hickory n steel]