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Question about paring knife

post #1 of 3
12/2/01 at 6:41am
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Is a tournee knife the same as a Birds Peak? How useful would you say it is? Thanks
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post #2 of 3
12/2/01 at 9:36am

Tournee vs. Bird's Beak

They look pretty close, to me. As for usefulness: how much garnishing work do you do? How often do you need to tournee vegs? If all you're doing is fluting mushrooms, I wouldn't bother with one. But if you have to make lots of those darned little 7-sided footballs, yeah, it's really good to have.
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post #3 of 3
12/2/01 at 9:51am

Tournee Cut with Bird's Peak knife

crane,

I believe the terminology needs to be distinguished. You use a Bird's Peak knife to to make a tournee cut.

Here is a picture of a Bird's Peak knife:


As with any quality tool, it will certainly make your job easier if you can justify the cost against how much use you would get out of it.
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