Paring Knives

When You Have to Choose a New One

SOME PARING KNIVES FEEL alien and stiff, and not because they’re dull; some have a sense of agility, as if they were an extension of your hand. I’m thinking of Western paring knives. Japanese petty knives, for instance, especially the smaller ones, are paring knives, but they form another world. My two favorite paring knives, which I had for decades, bo…