The Messermeister Meridian Elite Paring Knife is ideal for paring, peeling, scraping, slicing and trimming small fruits and vegetables. It's perfect for chopping garlic and ginger. The blade tapers to a point, and is considered to be the 2nd most often used knife in the kitchen. 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.