I have small hands and the regular Santok knife is too hefty to handle. I also have carpel tunnel due to excessive typing.  I own a Zwilling regular knife but I never used it because of the problems indicated above. I bought this a while ago and finally, I tested it out for cooking for the lunar new Year. OMG. Fantastic. I used this knife for everything, from fish, to meat to winter melon. It cuts so beautifully like figure skating.  Now I really enjoy cooking again with this new tool.