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Title: OK - but there are better choices out there
Review: If I needed an oyster knife ASAP, I think I could make do with this one if it were all I could get on short notice or one was made available to me. This is a bent-tip "New Haven" style oyster knife. It's not all that great for the most common technique of hinge-popping (inserting into the slot at the back of the hinge and breaking it open). The polished steel is pretty soft and bent on me the first time I tried using it; the bent tip has now been more or less flattened. It also showed very visible scratches the first time I used it. Similar style/sized knives include the Dexter-Russell S121 (bent) and S126 (straight) as well as the Forschner [Swiss Army Brands] 44693 (bent) or 44692 (straight). I've got the last one myself, and it barely scratches (very hard to tell against the brushed steel) and hasn't bent, unlike the Oxo knife. Dexter-Russell oyster knives are ubiquitous in oyster bars around the US.
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