This is the traditional Chinese style all purpose knife. It is suitable for all Chinese and Western cooking. Performed like Santoku knife for slicing, dicing, and mincing. The blade size just bigger than Santoku for easy cutting for larger object/food.Since this knife is design for all purpose use. If you want specific cut you need use other type of knives. We recommend you buy with RT-600 for better performs with cooking. You need two sets of knives to alternately use each other day for professional cooks.