This knife rocks. Fabulous for Asian greensWide Blade Knife designed to slice herbs, vegetables, meat easily. The curve on the blade creates rocking affects so that less pressure on your wrist and get a clean cut in no time. The wider blade not only to guide and protect your finger but also use it to transfer food from chopping board to the wok. This knife is not designed to cut bone, it will perform well for slicing, dicing, and mincing I.O. Shen has overcome the brittleness of hard steel, using a layer of super hard steel (Rockwell 62), sandwiched between two layers of softer stainless steel (Rockwell 10) to produce the ultimate cutting edge. We call this Triplex Steel Technology. I.O.Shen Mastergrade built all knives using the latest technology so that it is not only amazingly sharp but will retain the edge sharpness for a phenomenal amount of time. Handcrafted by our Master attained to 15 angle edge, slicing becomes easy and fun. Each I.O.Shen knife has carefully handcrafted and took in average 7 hours hand finished. Designing unique handle with Yin Yang philosophy distinguishes I.O.Shen from any other knife, improving balance and handle stability, and beautiful work of art handle.The Tai Tang handle is not just an embellishment but it is actually an integral part of the handle frame (the Tang).The handles made with ebonite which is durable and heat resistant. (no dishwasher cleaning please).