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You may or may not have known that besides our Vince (VCM) being one of the premier dealers of our favorite traditional makers knives and wares, he also has dabbled himself with putting his first hand culinary and kitchen working knowledge into some, I'll say "mid-tech" kitchen knives. Vince acquires these 440C stainless blanks and then crafts beautifully finished handles out of various hardwoods that he goes through the trouble of book matching for a nice finished product. While they turn out fantastic looking, most of the work goes into making the knife comfortable to hold and use. Its a kitchen tool after all.
I picked up this Cocobolo paring knife last week from him. I couldnt resist the killer wood that he had gotten from Menefee for this one. The 440C blank is pretty well finished, it is razor sharp. 1/16" at the handles and then tapers down to a nice fine tip. This overall tear drop shape of these paring knives are I think the best for extended peeling and slicing. There is some flex as can be expected for nice delicate work. The coco scales are nice and thick, very adequate. Nickel silver pins and epoxied on for years of service. Scales are shaped nice and even and overall very nicely done.
I took it out for a test run naturally today on this day of all cooking days. Peeled the potatoes, diced them up, no sweat. Also, peeled the apples for single serve deep dish apple pies my wife is whipping up as I type this. This thing feels amazing in the hand. Our usual paring knives were the Forschner/Vic plastic guys. Those are great little knives but until you have something substantial to hold onto you cant really go to town on peeling in my opinion. I was really cranking the peels out on the apples
If you are looking to augment your knife block and prefer something a bit more than the wash of black plastic knives out there, try out one of his thick bodied wood beauties. Vince says he also does 6 or 8" chefs I think and possibly some boning type knives.
These are the quick and dirty iPhone pictures my wife snapped while I was working away. You get the idea though. Im no fancy chef but I can cut stuff up and make it smaller
I think this would also make a dandy bird and panfish blade, stainless steel nice size (6 3/4" oal) I frequently like to carry a small blade like this with me everyday in addition to a folder. May have to work up some sort of sheath or blade cover for it so it can be used for lunch duty.
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I picked up this Cocobolo paring knife last week from him. I couldnt resist the killer wood that he had gotten from Menefee for this one. The 440C blank is pretty well finished, it is razor sharp. 1/16" at the handles and then tapers down to a nice fine tip. This overall tear drop shape of these paring knives are I think the best for extended peeling and slicing. There is some flex as can be expected for nice delicate work. The coco scales are nice and thick, very adequate. Nickel silver pins and epoxied on for years of service. Scales are shaped nice and even and overall very nicely done.
I took it out for a test run naturally today on this day of all cooking days. Peeled the potatoes, diced them up, no sweat. Also, peeled the apples for single serve deep dish apple pies my wife is whipping up as I type this. This thing feels amazing in the hand. Our usual paring knives were the Forschner/Vic plastic guys. Those are great little knives but until you have something substantial to hold onto you cant really go to town on peeling in my opinion. I was really cranking the peels out on the apples
If you are looking to augment your knife block and prefer something a bit more than the wash of black plastic knives out there, try out one of his thick bodied wood beauties. Vince says he also does 6 or 8" chefs I think and possibly some boning type knives.
These are the quick and dirty iPhone pictures my wife snapped while I was working away. You get the idea though. Im no fancy chef but I can cut stuff up and make it smaller
I think this would also make a dandy bird and panfish blade, stainless steel nice size (6 3/4" oal) I frequently like to carry a small blade like this with me everyday in addition to a folder. May have to work up some sort of sheath or blade cover for it so it can be used for lunch duty.
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