Love this Tomato Tool! It saves a lot of time when processing tomatoes. Whenever I see Prepworks or Progressive I know it will be a quality product that works; they're names I've come to trust. The blade is well serrated to slice the tomato skin easily and the forked tip works well to spear slices, but the best part is the rugged toothed spoon at the tip -- the tomato corer. Remove the cover with the toothed spoon from the blade before you use it to core your tomatoes so that it fits comfortably in your hand; then scoop out the hard core where the vine was attached to the tomato. It works great; watch the video that shows the proper technique to quickly and effectively core the tomato.SAFETY WARNING: It's important to use care when removing the knife blade cover from the blade. Never quickly pull apart the two pieces to expose the blade or you could cut yourself. Instead, gently "click off" the knife cover from the knife blade at the point where the knife cover and the knife handle meet so you free the two pieces without exposing any of the blade. Once you do that, then you just slide off the knife cover without danger of cutting yourself. This should have been demonstrated in the video, and instructions should have been provided with the knife with a warning not to pull apart the two pieces with force and speed. Instructions are below. It's a lot of verbiage, but it takes three seconds to safely remove the cover from the blade.Removing the knife cover (the end with the toothed spoon) from the knife blade safely is a two-handed operation as follows: STEP A: GENTLY SEPARATE THE KNIFE COVER AND THE KNIFE HANDLE WITHOUT EXPOSING ANY BLADE. 1) With the right hand, grasp the knife handle with all fingers behind it and your thumb resting on the seam between the knife handle and the knife cover. 2) Place the knife horizontally across the open palm of your left hand, closing your fingers and thumb around it, just above your right thumb, which is resting on the aforementioned seam. 3) Simultaneously tighten the grip of your right hand, with the right thumb firmly on the seam, and gently wiggle off the knife cover with your left hand using a side-to-side motion while also gently pulling the cover away from the knife handle. 4) You will hear a click as the two pieces separate, and if you do this gently, only a small section of red plastic will be revealed between the two halves -- no knife blade will yet be seen. STEP B: GENTLY SLIDE THE KNIFE COVER OFF OF THE KNIFE BLADE.Great knife but could be better with a little more design. A bit awkward but works great - cuts like butter. Great value to your kitchen.Have used one for years and it is a life saver! We do alot of meals and this makes it a breeze in alot less time!It works fine but the blade will tarnish quickly unless you wash by hand.Fantastic tomato knife. Makes slicing a breeze. Definitely worth the price.Works well.This knife was horrid -- we threw it out the day we got it. The knife is housed in a plastic case. One must use so much force to take the knife out of the case that sometimes the knife comes out flying. On one try it cut my Mother. We advise people to go for a normal knife without such a gimmick.....to bigslices tomatoes beautifully