somebody got for me a mini chef's knife, specifically the Messermeister
"petite" chef knife 5005-4. It is as "tall" as a regular chef knife,
but only about 4 inches long. The blade is pretty much triangular,
although the entire cutting edge is curved. I'm not sure how I am
supposed to use this knife. It's hard to cut anything using the normal
rocking/sliding motion coz the short length of the blade means that you
have to lift it at a really high angle to get anything under it. I also
can't quite use it for straight push down cuts coz the cutting edge is
rounded so the cut is incomplete unless I rock or drag the blade. The
only type of cutting that comes easily so far is to have the knife
nearly parallel with the cutting board, and push/slide the knife
forward, using the edge under the raised tip to cut small objects.

Any suggestions for how to use this knife, or what to use it on?