{"product_id":"3-5-inch-paring-knife-zhen-series-pm8o-sg","title":"3.5\" Paring Knife - Zhen Series (PM8O)","description":"\u003cp\u003eReach for this when the knife leaves your hand and the food comes to you. Peeling an apple, deveining prawns, segmenting a blood orange, scoring the skin on a duck breast: these are in-hand jobs, and a 3.5-inch blade is the right size for all of them. You won't get the same control from a utility knife, and you definitely won't get it from a chef knife.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eBuilt for In-Hand Work\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe short blade stays inside your hand's field of vision while you're working. That's the whole point of a paring knife. You can feel where the tip is, guide it around seeds, and peel the skin off an apple in one continuous stroke without looking away. The full-tang pakka-wood handle is balanced for the lighter grip you use in-hand, not the pinch grip you need on the board. It won't feel nose-heavy mid-peel.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eThe Same Steel as the Bigger Blades\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDon't let the size fool you. This is the same 67-layer Damascus build: 10Cr15CoMoV core, vacuum heat-treated to 60-62 HRC, wrapped in 67 layers of Damascus cladding. That hardness is what you want on a blade this small. A soft paring knife deflects mid-cut. This one \u003cem\u003eholds\u003c\/em\u003e its line through a whole session of deveining prawns or segmenting citrus, where the tip is doing fine, repetitive work on every piece.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eSpecifications\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBlade Steel:\u003c\/strong\u003e 67-layer Damascus with 10Cr15CoMoV core\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eHardness:\u003c\/strong\u003e 60-62 HRC (Vacuum Heat Treated)\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBlade Profile:\u003c\/strong\u003e 3.5-inch paring knife\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eHandle:\u003c\/strong\u003e Pakka-wood, full-tang\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eUse:\u003c\/strong\u003e In-hand peeling, deveining prawns, segmenting citrus, and precision tip work where a larger blade has too much length to control.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSeries:\u003c\/strong\u003e Zhen Series (PM8O)\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eModel:\u003c\/strong\u003e PM8O-SG\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eComplete Your Set\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePair it with the Zhen 7\" Santoku (PM8O-RS) for the board work this small blade isn't built for, and the Zhen 5\" Utility Knife (PM8O-WY) for the in-between jobs where you want a blade that's off the hand but still compact.\u003c\/p\u003e\n","brand":"Xinzuo Australia","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44212314013747,"sku":"PM8O-SG","price":73.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0668\/0441\/6563\/files\/35-paring-knife-zhen-series-pm8o-7259846.jpg?v=1776590951","url":"https:\/\/xinzuo.com.au\/products\/3-5-inch-paring-knife-zhen-series-pm8o-sg","provider":"Xinzuo Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}