The Oliva Elité knife collection by Messermeister feature a beautiful natural olive wood handle in the popular straight tang, forged knife line series. A perfectly balanced knife, with the blade, bolster and tang in one piece and have been hot drop hammer forged from a single billet of German 1.4116 steel alloy, heat treated and cooled to achieve a Rockwell rating of 57-58.

The Oliva Utility knife from Messermeisser is a kitchen workhorse, used from preparation to presentation. While a chef's knife often does the brunt of the prep work, the utility knife is a bit smaller and sleeker than it's bigger sibling, but of much higher quality and size than a paring knife.