Great for steaks, smooth skinned vegetables, fruits and so much more. Kuhn Rikon, known for their quality and innovation, has a home-run on their hands with these 4.5-inch nonstick serrated paring knives. This versatile paring knife can handle all your kitchen prep tasks. Perfect for slicing cheese for your sandwich, chopping vegetables for the salad, cutting meats and fruits- you'll just use this paring knife constantly. They're so fun and colorful you'll want to use them at the dinner table, too! Very handy for dorm rooms, time-shares, RV's, lunch boxes and camping trips with its protective blade sheath. And this serrated paring knife is not only sharp looking, it's sharp and ready for your kitchen prep tasks. Knife measure 8.5 " long with a 4.5 " carbon steel blade. How can we verify the suggested change is correct? (URL to product details on manufacturer's website or attached scan of product manual or photo) On Kuhn Rikon's website- here is a little about it. Look under the tab that reads "measurements". Plus, you know paring knife blades are not 8" long! they are generally 3 or 4 inches long- that's why they are paring knives. Don't want any more customer to be mislead thinking they are getting some huge blade on a paring knife