What do you like to use to carve your Halloween pumpkin?

Question

Machete? Pocket knife?

Answer 1

another sharper pumpkin

Answer 2

I have never heard of a machete being used to carve a pumpkin...unless the goal was to bisect the pumpkin. And most pocket knifes (at least the ones I've seen) just aren't sharp or long enough to do the trick in a reasonable time frame.

I use a butcher knife for the major cutting and a small steak knife to get the details just right. I know, it's not very sophisticated, but it's always worked for me.

Answer 3

The truth is, the best thing to use is a small serated knife, especialy to do the detailing. Because of skin's texture is quite waxy and the body of the pumpkin is pretty thick, a good serated knife will make a precise cut through the flesh without using too much force. The kits that are sold around Halloween (usually 2 or 3 thin serated blades, a scoop, and some templates) are actually really good and can be used for a few seasons before needing to be replaced. :O)

Answer 4

I like using those little knives with the pumpkin looking handles that are specially made for carving pumpkins.

Answer 5

I use a pumpkin carving kit (actually, two of them, since they have different tools in them). I also use patterns from a book, so that they come out looking cool, instead of me making the same stupid jack-o-lantern face every year.

Last year I had a howling wolf, the year before it was a ghost.

Answer 6

I have one of those carving kits that they sell everywhere (Walmart, Target) around Halloween time. It has little jagged edged knife that is great for cutting through that tough skin and edging around all the details.

Answer 7

Those little pumpkin saws they sell at the grocery store work extremely well. More precise than kitchen knives.

Answer 8

An ordinary size kitchen knife.

Answer 9

a carving knife

Answer 10

Finely sharpened potato peeler.

Answer 11

a regular kitchen knife

a large one to cut the top off

then a small one for details