I love how every time I take a knife out of this knife block, they are as sharp as the first time I used them because of the self-sharpening feature. There are pictures of the knifes next to the slot that is designed for each knife so that it makes it very easy to figure out where it goes. I love how the steak knives are made out of German steel in Spain. The set of 8 steak knives is also great.