Old Hickory 753 3 1/4" Carbon Steel Blade Kitchen Paring Knife

Love this brand, OLD HICKORY. Have bought these and used them for over forty years. Well made, sharp, easy to sharpen, useful. Perfect

Have bought a number of this brand. You need to sharpen yourself and be forewarned the blades will discolor.

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.

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.

I have the OLD Old Hickory knives that my grandma had in the 40s. I never did have her paring knives that look like these. Since I needed some new paring knives, I knew these are what I wanted. These are pretty good but nothing like the old ones. The old ones are heavier & the blades are more secure. These seem to have thinner blades & the blades shift in the handle. May just be the (3) I purchased, but I sure wish things like these knives were still made like they use to be. Like the ones that have lasted 80 yrs. & still has the pattern on the blades & the handles are still perfectly tight.