Old Hickory753 3 1/4" Carbon Steel Blade Kitchen Paring Knife

Sharpens easy, holds an edge. A great knife for potatoes .... It rusts pretty easy, but I love it

I don’t usually write reviews, but wanted to on this product. I have owned Old Hickory knives for a long time. However, after reading a one star review below, I wanted to say that these knives may not be good for your lifestyle if you put everything in the dishwasher. The packaging on these knives clearly states to hand wash and dry them. Putting them in the dishwasher may cause them to rust. Just saying. They are excellent, long lasting knives if you take care of them.

The only paring knife you will ever need. These are not shiny stainless steel but they will keep an edge and sharpen to razor sharp when needed. I have the big one as well and after years of the "Pretty" stainless knives that get dull fast and are a real hassle to sharpen, this is my go to knife. I plan to get a couple more sizes and get rid of all my other knives.

The blade is more carbon steel than stainless steel. The blade rusted after the first use. This is NOT the same quality as the original Old Hickory knives. The blade is also loose.

The only thing I don't like is but after a couple of uses the handle got loose

I bought this knife mainly for sentimental reasons. I grew up with an Aunt who had some much-used and terribly beat up Old Hickory knives in her drawer. The instant I saw this one I realized what I was looking at. This was her knife, and probably some of you have parents or grandparents who owned an Old Hickory as well. Still, history aside, I keep this knife on my knife rack, and I use it because it does the job. I'm very careful to keep it wiped dry, and I've applied some mineral oil to the handle to help preserve it.

My mom turned me on to Old Hickory knives 50 years ago. After owning probably hundreds of different stainless knives, I've returned to the tried and true carbon steel Old Hickory. They will accept sharpening to a level you'll never get from stainless. Old Hickory is one of the few companies around still selling carbon steel knives.

This is obviously a cheap knife, but the impression I'd gotten from other reviews of Old Hickory knives was that they were cheap, but in a salvageable way: ie, if you put a little effort into the knife, they were still quality products. I bought a Old Hickory fish and game hunting knife, model 7024, at the same time as this paring knife, and *that* knife fits the above description. It's really not bad.This paring knife weighs almost nothing, and the handle is too short to grip in the hand: I can only close three fingers around it (I do have large hands). So I've got to choke up on the blade and be careful not to cut myself. The blade is not full tang, more like half tang (look at where the rivets are), and arrived loose. I'm now googling how to tighten rivets.I have no complaints about rusting: the point of a carbon steel blade is that it requires (and rewards) a bit more TLC. But this knife isn't good enough to be worth that TLC.