Definitely a wonderful paring knife.  Blade seems to hold an edge a very long time.  The only reason I give it 4 stars instead of 5 is that, with it's 3.5" blade and 3.5" handle, I find that my pinky doesn't quite fit at the butt-end of the knife, which makes handling it just a tad less natural than the Henkels Pro S paring knife, which I also own.  This collection fits my wife's hand just fine, and she likes the slightly longer blade on this knife.  If she was writing these reviews, she'd probably give this knife 5 stars, and the Pro S only 4 stars.  So there you go... they're both really 4.5 stars, and how it fits your hand does matter.  Easy solution... buy them both, like we did!