Super sharp paring chisel...however...once lapped flat there was little of the actual laminate white steel left, maybe 1mm at most which was disappointing. Also, the tip/cutting edge was quite a bit crooked to the head which then skewed the chisel a bit--not a big deal as I won't be using it for perfectly straight paring cuts. Its extremely sharp and cuts through end grain sugar maple and zebra wood like butter. Extremely easy to sharpen as well. You won't find a better paring chisel state side(USA); it outperforms my blue spruce A2 paring chisel and is a zillion times easier to sharpen.