Chef's Knife

I wanted a chef's knife for Christmas and someone was kind enough to oblige. I don't use it a ton, but I found a good non-knife use for it. Do you have a cookbook that won't stay open, no matter how much you coax it? Use this handy weight to keep the pages open.
Also, it would be a bit safer if you turned the blade in toward the middle of the book to avoid accidental scraping.