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What "paring knife" best sharpens a fruit Y peeler?

Seasoned Advice Asked on September 28, 2020

At 0:22 of this Oct. 5 2009 video, Douglas Jones (sous-chef of LA’s Lucques) proclaimed that he "just bought a three-dollar paring knife". But his hand covers it, and I can’t see what his paring knife looks like.

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According to this article, there are 4 types of paring knife, the "spear tip", the "bird's beak", the "sheep's foot", and a "Western-style Japanese" paring knife.

From your image, it looks like the chef is using a "sheep's foot" paring knife. However, for the purpose of sharpening a vegetable peeler, you only need a small straight length of the knife's blade, so specifically which type you use won't make too much difference except for the "bird's beak" as it is curved.

Correct answer by mbjb on September 28, 2020

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