Birds Beak Paring Knives

Birds Beak Paring Knives The Birds Beak Paring Knife is also known as a Peeling Knife and Tourner Knife. A Birds Beak Paring Knife is a little two and half inch knife shaped like a beak of a bird with the pointed tip the curves downward (toward the blade). It's great for small fruits and vegetables. A bird's beak knife is a knife with a specialized curved blade which is well suited to things like carving fruit and producing the “tournee cut” which is often used in food presentation. A tournee cut is any sort of shaped cut in food which results in a sculpted piece of fruit or vegetable. Many people find that a bird's beak knife is the ideal tool for this job, since the short curved blade can get into places where other blades cannot. While a bird's beak knife is not a vital necessity for most kitchens, it can be a very handy tool.