I bought this knife because I bake lots of bread, especially crusty sourdough, and the knives I had didn't work well for cutting the crust without smooshing the bread. I've been using this inexpensively priced knife for about 2.5 years now, and it is still sharp and working as well as when I bought it. Although I use it mostly for bread, it is great for slicing things like tomatoes, extra thin slices of onion, tender things that can't be sliced easily with non-serrated knives unless they are very sharp. I could have spent a lot more money and doubt that I would have been any happier. This one is a great value and has stood up to the test of time.