The Messermeister Meridian Elite Flexible Boning Knife is primarily designed for separating meat from bone. The flexible blade can also be used to separate flesh from the curved skin of a melon or to fillet a fish. The thin, narrow blade features an upward curve. Messermeister Meridian Elite knives are one-piece, hot-drop hammer forged from a single billet of the finest German stainless steel alloy and outfitted with the most durable industrial strength handle in the world. Messermeister Meridian Elite knives are handcrafted one at a time using the same techniques that have been the hallmark of fine Solingen made cutlery for hundreds of years. Messermeister Meridian Elite knives are simply the best original forged knives made in Germany.