This knife chops, slices and dices meats and vegetables with complete ease. Use it for everything, from slicing sushi to butterflying some chicken breasts. It's sharp straight-edge blade cuts smoothly and the wide part of the blade is for easy transfer of ingredients. The knife has a full tang with pakkawood riveted to each side of the tang creating a very distinctive and comfortable handle. A pakkawood handle is made from multiple layers of wood impregnated with a plastic resin.