Many (about 6-7) years I bought this knife. At that time the tip was not rounded and the edge on the cutting side of the handle had a 90 ° angle. Especially this sharp corner, but also the unusually sharp blade have initially led to smaller cuts. But that could not dampen my enthusiasm about the excellent quality of the knife. With the tip I have leveraged all the time carefully, which went wonderfully. Fallen down it is me, unlike other knives but never. Now is obviously the material over the years become somewhat more brittle, so that the tip recently stuck at raushebeln a cauliflower stalk in that same has remained. The knife is not the point to prima continue to use, especially as the blade is still very sharp. But still, I'm going to now additionally enjoy a second knife. I'm curious times, whether I keep the new rounded tips before blood loss :-) A ceramic knife another company I had bought in between. It was much cheaper, but the quality is comparable to that of Kyocera knife in any way. In this respect, the competitor was unfortunately just not favorable :-(