paring knife

With the short, curved blade of the small paring knife, potatoes and pieces of fruit or vegetables can be peeled quite sparingly without wasting too much pulp. Some professionals prefer a specimen of this type of knife that is well in hand to a peeler. This is of course a matter of taste and a matter of habit. The advantage over the peeler is definitely that you can also cut and play with a peeling knife. The special blade of the peeler excludes these uses.