Well, I've always wanted to get ahold of one of these old "melon tester" or citrus knife, or sausage tester, style knives but didn't want to drop double digits on one. Recently picked up this super solid, aligator snapppin', stainless Colonial for $9 delivered, so I was excited to carry it today and give it a go! Spending my workdays (and nights) in a restauant kitchen, I made a point today of putting the ol' melon tester through the paces...I cut a plug from a huge watermelon and was able to extract a nice long piece for sampling, I did the same with a cantaloupe with equally good results, I sliced lemons, limes, and an orange, and I even broke out the genoa salami and cut off some nice even slices. I must say it felt kinda cool to be able to use it for it's intended purposes, and find that the knife fully lives up to it's name, whatever ya may call it!
Of course I still had to carry my trusty Scallion for the heavier duty general purpose tasks, but the melon tester slides nicely into the pocket and carries pretty unobtrusively, so carrying two blades not really a big deal.
Mike

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