For small kitchen work, few knives are as useful as this little guy. Nogent’s Ultra Micro Serrated Paring Knife is the company’s sharpest: a 3.5" blade whose edge is cut with four serrations per millimeter. It slips through a ripe tomato, a peach, or a lemon with almost no pressure, leaving the flesh intact rather than crushed. The edge is what sets it apart. A smooth paring edge dulls quickly against fruit skins and cutting boards; this ultra micro-serrated blade keeps biting long after a smooth edge would have gone dull. The results are uncanny: a no-fuss knife that stays razor sharp. It weighs under an ounce and has a black polypropylene handle that goes in the dishwasher, so it can be used and abused without second thought. It pays to have a few of these guys on-hand in the kitchen. This is the knife we reach for first and put away last.