I had to order me a new multi-function knife, because my old was "somehow" got lost. My ESGE-rod is in 1979 but despite frequent use still so good that I found the knife replacement is absolutely justified. My mother, incidentally, a ESGE-bar from the '60s, the "Baby" also runs like a Dilldopp. But back to the knife. It is not wrongly called multifunctional knife. It is a so-called butt diameter, that is, it crushed by the high speed / revolution number. Many hand-held blender to work on this basis these days, I find it very beneficial, because that you can easily remove even longer vegetables or meat fibers between the blades, ohnen having to give up his finger eight. I own all the top diameter of the ESGE-rod, for beating, mixing and also the sharp knife for preparing Tartar, hack or sausage meat, quasi the mincer in mini format. In fairness, I have to admit that actually comes only the multifunctional knife used, because it does the stirring, mixing, pureeing and whip cream or mayonnaise to prepare as well as the special blades. Only for Tartar I take the sharp knife. And with sharp I mean really sharp. I have already cut me of when I took it out of the kitchen drawer and keep it in a jar on specially now, so no one cuts it. That can not happen with the multifunctional knife. Oh, my mother used only the multifunctional knife for all works and is also well satisfied. However, the knife with her can no longer be easily removed after all these years, there has between times my father ran with pliers. In any case, for you and me to buy a ESGE Wand pays so well, so my younger brother and my niece also got each of the first apartment. Only my niece must now learn what it can give to eat other than pizza and chips.