Ateco Straight Spatula, 12"

I am a highly experienced Home and Personal Chef. When cooking foods in a sautee pan, fry pan, or on a baking sheet, I much prefer using these narrow Icing Spatulas over the more popular wide spatulas. These give me much more precision control over the foods in the pan for moving and turning. Reduces splatter as well. This 8-inch model is very well-made and robust. The handle is made of some kind of hard plastic, but the same kind of material I like on my utensils and knives for control and non-slipping. The Stainless Steel construction is near perfect as well. My only wish, and it is of no consequence to the rating, was wishing this particular model had a bit more flex in the blade. The blade IS flexible, but I wished for a little more. NOTE: If you use this for cooking as I do vs just for icing, you should NEVER use this spatula in a non-stick pan without extreme caution. This will easily damage the Teflon or other non-stick coatings if not careful. (Don't ask me how I know this!! Sigh...) All in all, this is a near perfect straight spatula that will serve me well with the others I own and use. It's FIVE STARS for me and an honest and hearty recommendation. The price as offered on Amazon is a great value as well! Bon Appetit! *If you found my review helpful to you, please let Amazon know by clicking the "HELPFUL" button below!