No, I'm not a surgeon, but I need a sharp knife to help me with my home projects. One of the most common honey-do projects is painting. If you take pride in your painting first you must tape your jobs off. When taping doors, woodwork etc., you know how difficult it is to tape off a complex corner or around the base of a door jam. Taping the item off and then using this knife to cut the wood's profile will make painting, and not getting paint on the floor, much easier. Of course there are many other things you can do with this knife, but most require a medical license.