Home cooks, professional cooks, and bread lovers, will want to add this knife to their arsenal. Tramontina's 8 in Bread Knife, with its long, serrated blade, is the perfect choice to slice loaves of crusty bread without damaging the soft center - a special trait that also works for slicing tomatoes. Tramontina's knives are forged from a single solid piece of premium high-carbon stainless steel for strength and durability.