I love weight and feel of these knives. I was finally done with the cheap knives I have had and went to a local kitchen store to replace a set I had lost years ago and only had a bet chef knife left. While I went to get knives by a company that starts with W, I found these instead and could not be happier. I have only used 3 or four of them so far but they have performed perfectly and quickly honed right back to as sharp as they came with just a few passes on the sharpening steel. This should be the last set I ever need.