"alan" > wrote in message
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> somebody got for me a mini chef's knife, specifically the Messermeister
> "petite" chef knife 5005-4. It is as "tall" as a regular chef knife, but
> only about 4 inches long. The blade is pretty much triangular, although
> the entire cutting edge is curved. I'm not sure how I am supposed to use
> this knife. It's hard to cut anything using the normal rocking/sliding
> motion coz the short length of the blade means that you have to lift it at
> a really high angle to get anything under it. I also can't quite use it
> for straight push down cuts coz the cutting edge is rounded so the cut is
> incomplete unless I rock or drag the blade. The only type of cutting that
> comes easily so far is to have the knife nearly parallel with the cutting
> board, and push/slide the knife forward, using the edge under the raised
> tip to cut small objects.
>
> Any suggestions for how to use this knife, or what to use it on?

A small chef.....

;-)

sorry.

Dimitri