Victorinox Swiss Classic 4-Inch Paring Knife, Red

When it comes to precision and accuracy, the 4" Swiss Classic Paring Knife with Spear Point is every chef's answer. Featuring a world-renowned blade and perfect balance, this professional-grade tool is optimized for home use. The smooth, uniform cuts will help you make every meal a work of art. With this versatile paring knife, you can expertly remove pepper seeds, core an apple, trim beans, and devein shrimp with ease.

The tapered knife edge is ground in two directions to hold a sharp edge longer, and can easily be brought back to its original sharpness. The slightly curved blade and pointed tip resemble a chef's knife, but the 4" blade length, slightly longer than the standard 3 1/4" parer, offers additional strength when slicing and dicing fruits and vegetables. The pointed tip allows you to make intricate cuts or check the tenderness of meat and vegetables.

Victorinox Swiss Army has selected the best attributes derived from their rich commercial heritage and modified them to suit the home chef. The Victorinox Swiss Army Swiss Classic collection offers a contemporary handle, inspired by their patented Fibrox Pro line. Designed to minimize wrist tension while providing a secure grip, the contoured nylon handle is both lightweight and durable, making these knives seem less like tools and more like an extension of your hand.

Whether a seasoned or novice home chef, Victorinox Swiss Army offers not only the right tools and the know-how, but most importantly, the confidence to achieve one's culinary aspirations. Expertly crafted in Switzerland since 1884, Victorinox offers a lifetime guarantee against defects in material and workmanship.

In 1937, Victorinox began selling cutlery in America through a Connecticut distributor called R.H. Forschner & Co. A well-known manufacturer of butcher scales, Forschner soon became the exclusive U.S. distributor for Victorinox knives, and was the name by which Victorinox knives were known. In 2011, Victorinox began marketing all its product lines, including kitchen knives, under the common umbrella name by which the company is now popularly known – Victorinox Swiss Army.

To ensure the longest life of your knife, Victorinox Swiss Army recommends hand washing with a soapy cloth and drying immediately. While the Swiss Classic knives are dishwasher safe, hand washing is preferred to prevent the knives from colliding and dulling the edge. Proper and frequent use of a honing steel will keep your knives sharper and performing at their best, but if your knives are dull, pitted, or have visible nicks, you'll need to sharpen with a Swiss Sharp Handheld Sharpener or bring them to a professional for re-sharpening.

In 1884, Master Cutler Karl Elsener opened a cutlery shop in Ibach, Switzerland, where he and the cutlers' union he formed produced the finest steel cutlery, finished with the now-famous proprietary edge preferred globally by professional and home cooks. In 1921, after the death of his mother, Victoria, and with the advent of stainless steel, then known as "inoxydable," Karl changed the name of the company to Victorinox. Today, Victorinox is still owned and operated by the Elsener family, and both the company and family still reside in the small village of Ibach, Switzerland.

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