Traveling Knife Gal
For round fruit and garnishes
Cutco 2-3/4" Bird's Beak Paring Knife #3120
The curved blade hugs apples, oranges and potatoes so you peel in one smooth pass, and the fine tip flicks out eyes, cores and blemishes.
- Blade
- 2-3/4 inches
- Edge
- Straight edge, 15° per side
- Steel
- 440A high-carbon stainless
- Build
- Full tang, 3 nickel-silver rivets
- Made in
- Olean, New York
- Guarantee
- Forever Guarantee with free sharpening
The Cutco 2-3/4" Bird's Beak Paring Knife (#3120) has a curved, straight-edge blade that wraps around round food, so more of the edge touches the surface. Cutco recommends it for paring small round fruits and vegetables, garnishes, fluting mushrooms and scoring small fruits like dates and figs.
What it's for
Chefs call this shape a tourné or bird's beak knife. Cutco says its special curved design allows more of the blade to come into contact with the surface of the food, which makes easy work of paring small round fruits and vegetables. Use it for:
- Peeling apples, oranges, kiwi and potatoes.
- Fluting mushrooms and cutting citrus garnishes.
- Scoring small fruits like dates and figs, and removing potato eyes and blemishes.
How to use it
- Hold the knife like a paring knife, curve facing the food, thumb resting on the fruit below the edge.
- Turn the fruit into the blade instead of moving the knife: the curve follows the shape.
- Use the hooked tip to flick out cores, eyes and spots.
Care and sharpening
The fine tip is the delicate part: store the knife in a block slot or sheath so the tip never knocks against other tools.
- Hand wash with warm soapy water and dry it right away. The handle is dishwasher safe, but the dishwasher is hard on any edge.
- Cut on wood or plastic, never glass, stone or a plate.
- Store it in a block, tray or sheath, not loose in a drawer.
This is a straight edge, ground to Cutco's 15 degrees per side, so a few light passes on the Cutco Knife Sharpener keep it keen between professional sharpenings. When it needs a real sharpening, Cutco does it free under the Forever Guarantee: bring it to Faith's service events or request sharpening. See how to sharpen kitchen knives.
Questions
What is a bird's beak knife used for?
Peeling and paring small round fruits and vegetables, fluting mushrooms, garnishes and removing blemishes.
How long is the Cutco Bird's Beak blade?
2-3/4 inches, with a straight edge.
Is a bird's beak knife hard to use?
No. Hold it like a paring knife and rotate the fruit into the curve; the shape does most of the work.
Keep reading
Sources: Cutco: Bird's Beak Paring Knife · Cutco: Types of Knives