Got these as a gift and couldn't have been happier to receive them. The quality of the knives is amazing and they have a good weight to them. The self-sharpening block is the coolest thing and it's great knowing your knives will always stay sharp. One thing to note is that the 7th piece is the block itself, so there are only six knives leaving one empty knife slot (in addition to the 8 empty steak knife slots).