Got this knife because our Henckels knife block didn't come with a bread knife (though it did include some extra slots to let us customize our knife set). This knife is great, and great for cutting bread. In general a break knife should be long so that you can cut across the entire loaf of bread in one stroke. For our purposes at home this works great for everything we cut -- though to be fair we do not bake our own bread (if you're cutting large loafs you might prefer a 10" knife).

Pros: Great knife accross the board
Cons: 8" is good for most kitchens, but if you bake bread you might want a 10"