Hi all -
In Philip's video Techniques of the Blade he uses a vintage English paring knife that can no longer be bought.
In the Supplies section he lists the Blanchard paring knife instead.
I haven't read good things about the steel Blanchard now uses (quality has declined in the last decade). Very hard to keep an edge.
Does anybody have any other recommendations? I'm only interested in the English style.
The English style Blanchard is fine as long as like Philip said you know how to sharpen it first. The steel used is not harder than soda can metal but is very easy to sharpen, strop and get really sharp. So it’s ok if like me you are not in high volume skiving and can strop every two or three skives.
You can get the exact same one in HSS steel from china toolmakers (very nice ones) at a lower price. Will be sharper and stay like that longer....