HOW TO do

THE PULL OR PARING CUT

• Use the pull or paring cut to get into tight spaces or to create perpendicular lines (such as where the handle of a spatula will meet the base of the flat blade).

• Grasp the knife in your dominant hand (as you would the handle of a bicycle) and hold the wood securely in your non-dominant hand. Place your dominant thumb on the wood and the blade at a slight angle on the wood.

• Squeeze the knife toward you using your thumb as leverage (as if you were peeling an apple).