Robin Dalman 8 cm peeling knife

Introduction

As you may have read in some of my other posts, I have had a hard time in finding a proper peeling knife. A proper peeling knife to me is one that can be used fully in-hand and has no sharp protrusions with which you can hurt yourself.

My first attempt was a Shun Classic paring knife, but this had a pretty large protrusion on which you could easily cut yourself (and I did). I then found two knives that were a bit more rounded at the handle (a Kramer by Zwilling office knife and a Marko Tsourkan peeling knife), but these still had protrusions, although more gentle.

So I asked Robin Dalman to make a peeling knife for me. I had confidence in him, since he had earlier made a gyuto for me I was very happy with.

Profile and geometry

The profile of the knife is quite simple: a nice and simple handle and a pretty straight blade without any protrusions. The blade is 8.2 cm long and 2.2 cm high.

Exactly what I wanted.

The geometry is quite special: it is very thin behind the edge: 0.5 mm at half a centimeter meter behind the edge. Its thinness close to the tip is even more impressive: less than 0.3 mm.

Use

The knife is very easy to use and requires hardly any force to cut. It is very easy to peel a vegetable with a knife that’s so thin.

Conclusion

This is a great peeling knife with which you don’t run the risk of cutting yourself on a protrusion. It is also very thin behind the edge and at the tip, which makes cutting almost effortless.

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