Customer Reviews

Professional S 3" Paring Knife

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While visiting friends in KC, I happened to try their Henckels 4-star knives and was amazed at their sharpness, balance, and comfort. I immediately decided I NEEDED to get a set of these knives.

I quickly settled on the 4-star chef's and fillet knives, but tried paring knife after paring knife without finding one that really felt right. The 4-star handle is great on the big knives (where one grips the handle with the entire hand), but didn't feel right on the paring knife; it felt like my pinky was in limbo, not meant to be on the handle, but not meant to be off it, either.

Then I tried THIS knife. The Pro-S 3" paring knife just felt *right* - it fit perfectly, it had just the right heft, and it was far more agile than the longer 4" knives. I've had it for six months and it performs exactly as I expected it to; this knife is just a joy to use.

I love the thing, but you'll probably want to do exactly as I did, trying a number of high-quality knives to find the one that feels right to you.

I love my paring knife! I cook a lot of fresh vegetables and find this knife to be wonderful for peeling and cleaning them all. I have small hands and have trouble finding a knife that fells right and fits my hand. The knife is sharp, well balanced and comfortable to hold. I would recommend this product to everyone who loves to cook.

This knife was a Christmas present, and a replacement to a Forschner 5" utility knife that got lost (probably in the trash).

The Henckels Twin Pro S line are great knives. Professional quality stuff here including features like high-carbon, no-stain steel, drop-forged construction, triple rivets, full bolsters, full tang, and POM handles. It's weighted well, and feels good in the hand and pretty controllable for a 4" knife. The blade is long enough to use as a utility/sandwhich knife.

So far after 9 years it's been a good knife. It came from the box sharp and held it's edge for a good while before I sharpened it. The steel takes a great edge, and stays sharp for a while, but still needs to be re-sharpened after about a month of continuous use. This is respectable, but not great, especially for a knife costing $50.

I am impressed with the quality of this knife...no gaps anywhere between the handle, rivets, tang, or bolster and its balance.

However, I am not particularly impressed with the steel. It hasn't stained or discolored in 9 years, which is what I expected, but fell short of my expectations of edge-holding and ease of sharpening (I use diamond sharpeners). The angle of the edge from the factory was also over 20 degrees, which is too tall for kitchen cutlery. I compared this to my Forschner rosewood handled paring knives ($40 for a set of 3, 3" straight, serrated, and 4" utility), and the performance is so close that I wouldn't justify spending $50 on this knife. The Forschners are stamped knives, and performed very well for a fraction of the cost.

If you are looking for a good paring/utility knife, and have money to spend, then this will work very well.

Henckels is the best quality if you stick to their Pro series. Skip their International line. This paring knife will last forever and fits well in the hands of both me and my much larger housemate. Holds it's edge well. Good tools make the job go well!

I bought this thinking I'd be happier with it than a shorter paring knife, but I think that may have been an error. The blade itself is sharp and cuts nearly anything, but I find I use it minimally. Its too big for any high detail work, where I find myself fumbling and too small for any rougher work, where I endlessly reach for my santoku knife.

Remarkably, the only area I've found it highly effective for me is for sandwich making, where I previously used my santoku and a dinner knife. It can easily work its way through an onion or any other vegetable you'd want on the sandwich and allow for more simple tasks (like spreading condiments, cutting the sandwich, etc.) due to its nice length.

I bought this knife as a replacement for an older cheap one I had. I would say this knife is worth the money. Very sharp and it looks like it will last a very long time.

I love to cook and wanted to upgrade my kitchen knives. After reading a recommendation from [...] I ordered the J.A. Henckels 4-inch. I was very happy with this little knife, but unfortunately the tip broke off after using it only a few weeks! I didn't have very high expectations, but J.A. Henckels' web site says they have a life time warranty. I packaged up the knife and Amazon sales receipt with a letter and mailed the knife back to them. Within a few weeks, they sent me a replacement. I was very impressed! Thank you J.A. Henckels!

I finally broke down after years of horriable knifes and bought some henckels. I must say i will never go back. This knife is very well balanced,fits comfortably in you hand, and is very sharp. When i tried it out for the first time i was amazed at how easy it was to slice and chop. It actually took about a week to get used to not having to saw through everything. I have been converted, no more crappy knifes for me.

I LOVE this little knife. I've bought several other paring knives trying to find one that really feels comfortable in my hand. Finally I found it! This is it! Perfectly weighted, sharp. I love it!

My daughter recently decided she wanted my favorite paring knife and I had trouble find another I liked as well. This knife is perfectly balanced and fits my hand perfectly. I stays sharp for a long period of time. i could not be more pleased.