Every blurb out there describes the three uses - "san - toku" - for the santoku as slicing, dicing and mincing. But, truth be told, this knife can turn its hand to pretty much every kitchen task. The blade has some length without being scary and a taller and slightly squarer profile than a gyuto, making it super easy to control. When people get in touch asking for the "first all round knife", this is where we direct them.