• Lightweight, balanced 4-1/4-inch paring for vegetables and fruits.
• Blade made of high-tech molybdenum/vanadium stainless steel.
• Edge retains razor sharpness exceptionally well.
• Stainless-steel handle molded for comfort, dimpled for safe grip.
• Lifetime warranty against defects and breakage.

Product description ------------------- Global’s sleek, razor-sharp cutlery is an excellent choice for professional chefs and discerning home cooks alike. Ideal for making small, fine cuts, this paring peels fruits and vegetables, hulls strawberries, deveins shrimp, trims pie dough and much more. Plus, the double-beveled edge accommodates both right- and left-handed users. Lightweight design features perfect balance, helping reduce hand igue and providing you with greater control. Ergonomic, molded handle ensures comfortable slicing, and Global’s signature dimple pattern provides a stronger grip. Seamless construction from a single piece of high-tech CROMOVA stainless steel eliminates food and dirt traps. .com ---- High-tech from tip to handle, Global knives from Japan created a sensation when they burst onto the world's culinary stage as an alternative to traditional European-style cutlery. Blades are made of hard molybdenum/vanadium stainless steel and "face-ground" with a long taper, rather than a short bevel, so edges remain sharp longer than even the best high-carbon stainless-steel knives. Edges also are ground at a more acute angle than traditional European-style knives and arrive from the factory razor sharp. Although Global also makes a heavyweight line for cooks who prefer hefty knives, its original knives--of which this 4-1/4-inch paring is an example--have thinner blades and are lighter than traditional European-style knives. Global also dispensed with bolsters on its original knives to reduce weight. Global achieves balance on these knives by injecting a precise a of sand for a particular blade style into a hollow handle. To ensure balance is continuous, the sand flows inside the handle as the cook maneuvers the blade. A finger notch between blade and handle provides safety. Stainless-steel handles are Global's most striking feature. They're molded to fit the hand and dimpled to resist slipping. Smaller around than many European-style handles, they're easy for small-handed cooks to grasp, and the seamless construction between handle and blade is more sanitary. This 's wedge-shaped handle is particularly well engineered for grasping securely with a relaxed hand. Global recommends using a ceramic sharpener ( /exec/obidos/ASIN/B00005OL4D/${0} ) or a diamond steel instead of a metal sharpening steel for its knives, supplemented by a synthetic whetstone, a ceramic whetstone ( /exec/obidos/ASIN/B00005OL3Z/${0} ), or a Shinkansen Sharpener ( /exec/obidos/ASIN/B00005OL3L/${0} ). Global also makes a sharpening guide set ( /exec/obidos/ASIN/B00005OL3H/${0} ) so blades can be honed on a whetstone at the proper angle. Global knives should be hand washed to protect edges. They carry a lifetime warranty against defects and breakage. --Fred Brack