KAI 4.75" x 1.25" Utility Paring Knife Blade / Edge Guard - Black This guard is the perfect size for narrower and shorter knives. Knives like small utility and paring knives will work perfectly with this versatile blade guard. This translucent blade guard protects your cutlery investment?and your fingers?simply and easily. This guard fits a wide variety of cutlery with smaller, narrower blades such as paring knives, vegetable knives, even smaller specialty knives like a bird's beak knife. To use the blade guard: make sure the guard is clean and free of debris (debris could scratch your knife). Then place the knife in the guard, sharp edge to the closed side. Attach the retention clip to the closed side of the guard. Finally, stretch the urethane band around and over the knife?s spine, hooking it on the front of the clip. The knife is now held securely within the blade guard for storage. The Kai Blade Guard?s translucent material makes it easy to see which knife is in the guard for quick identification, too. Fits many narrower shorter knives, such as smaller utility paring knives 4.75" X 1.5" size Translucent material lets you see inside for easy identification Rubberized clip is easy-open/easy-close