The Messermeister Meridian Elite Stealth Chef's Knife features a stealth-like profile making the elite edge the sharpest edge of all forged German knives. Messermeister took the original Meridian Elite Chef's Knife and ground the entire blade to a thinner profile creating the thinnest, sharpest Messermeister Chef's Knife ever. Although it weighs only 1 ounce less, the spine thickness on this blade is noticeably thinner and the cutting edge is very sharp. The blade is shaped so that it can peel, trim, slice, dice, chop, mince, vegetables, fillet fish, and cut meat. Each part of the knife is designed to perform a different task. 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.