Miyabi Koh 3.5-inch Paring Knife

In the hand

The octagon Pakkawood handle works for left- and right-handed users and, owners note, suits larger hands. They describe the knife as light and balanced through extended peeling work, and as arriving very sharp with an edge that is easy to maintain. These are owner opinions from a small pool on the maker’s page, not independent measurements.

Edge care

The 9.5-12° edge is unusually acute, and that sharpness comes with fragility: the thin blade is more prone to damage under misuse than a Western parer. The maker says hand wash only, and the product page gives no sharpening guidance beyond the edge angle itself. A whetstone matched to the acute bevel is the home route; Zwilling also sells a mail-in sharpening service on its US site. If the edge is badly damaged, replacement is the practical path — there are no user-serviceable parts.

Warranty and repairs

Miyabi is a Zwilling Group brand, and Zwilling’s US limited warranty covers defects in material and workmanship for as long as the original purchaser owns the knife, provided it was bought in the US from Zwilling or a US-authorized seller. It is a replacement warranty, not a repair one: the maker directs repairs to an independent professional, and repair damage voids the warranty. Normal wear and tear, misuse or abuse and alteration are excluded, and claims from unauthorized sellers may be rejected. Zwilling itself has been owned by Werhahn KG since 1970.

Is it worth it?

Miyabi’s own site listed the knife at $104.99 in August 2025 and $99.99 in March 2025 — about $100-105 direct. The rest of Miyabi’s 3.5-inch parers list higher: the Evolution at $109.99, the Kaizen at $129.99, the Artisan at $154.99, the Birchwood SG2 at $204.99 and the Black 5000MCD67 at $244.99, all on the maker’s US paring-knife listing. Value is strongest for a buyer who wants a thin, very acute Japanese parer from an established maker backed by a lifetime replacement warranty. The tradeoffs are the delicate edge, hand-wash-only care and the lack of any independent test or readable owner-forum evidence for the durability claims; no firm buy-below price can be defended from this evidence.

Which model this is

This page covers item 33950-093, the 9 cm / 3.50-inch Koh parer with the brown octagon Pakkawood handle. The maker’s site has sold it under two page titles — “MIYABI Koh 3.5-inch, Paring Knife” and “MIYABI KOH 4000FC 3.5-inch, Paring Knife” — which are the same item. A Kohl’s listing repeats Germany-made, SIGMAFORGE, 57 HRC, three-rivet polymer-handle boilerplate that contradicts the maker’s own specs — treat it as retailer template text, and remember the warranty only covers knives bought from US-authorized sellers.

The Amazon listing for this knife is ASIN B07DCYQ4LT.

Sources

Manufacturer:

• MIYABI KOH 4000FC 3.5-inch Paring Knife — Zwilling US (archived August 2025)
• MIYABI Koh 3.5-inch Paring Knife — Zwilling US (archived March 2025)
• Zwilling US limited warranty
• Zwilling paring-knife lineup — Zwilling US
• MIYABI cutlery collection — Zwilling Canada
• Zwilling J. A. Henckels — Wikipedia

Independent reviews:

• No independent lab or editorial test of this exact model was found; the sharpness and durability statements on this page come from the maker’s specifications and from owner reviews.

Owner reports:

• No third-party forum discussion could be read for this page; owner opinions quoted here come from the review widget on the maker’s product page, a small pool.

Retailers:

• Miyabi Koh 3.5-inch Paring Knife — Kohl’s