The Messermeister Meridian Elite Offset Bread Knife is extremely versatile. The offset feature of this knife provides maximum grip clearance between hand and cutting surface. Suitable for slicing sandwiches and breads and the scallops grip firm-exterior, soft-interior foods like fruits and vegetables. 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.