Global GS-7 - 4 inch, 10cm Paring Spear Knife
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Kitchen and Housewares Reviews of Global GS-7 - 4 inch, 10cm Paring Spear Knife
Customer Review: Dangerous Design
Summary: 1 Stars
I just received this Global paring knife and tried it out to "get the feel" of it. I cut an Avocado in half with no problem and removed the core. Then I turned one half of the Avocado over with the skin side up and started to slice it. Soon the knife contacted the little sticker that says "Hass" and got stuck -- it would not cut the sticker with the current amount of force on it. Knowing this is a very sharp knife, I applied some more force to slice through the sticker. (Yes, if doing this over, I would probably try a sawing motion.) At that point, the knife sped thought the sticker and Avocado and cut my left thumb. This was partly a user error but also partly due, I think, to the dangerous design of this knife. Looking at the knife closely, I noticed that the rear of the blade (right near the handle) comes to a razor-sharp and needle-edged point. This point is what caused a fairly deep puncture wound to my thumb.
Mainly because of this design flaw, but also because this knife is so ugly and will not fit in a paring knife slot in my knife block (the rear of the blade is too wide, coming to a sharp point as noted above) I'm returning this knife to Amazon.
Summary: If you do obtain this knife, be EXTREMELY careful in handling it. It is razor-sharp (the point easily cut a newspaper page, a test I use to decide when to change blades on my box cutter) and may be best used by a trained chef rather than an amateur.
What to do: I'm going to stay with the Wustoff paring knives I have for now (these do NOT have a dangerous point at the rear of their blades) and maybe later buy a Shun Elite paring knife (about $120) -- that high price being one reason I tried the Global knife for aroung $60.