I usually have no problems with this brand of knives but this set was a disappointment.  First the knives themselves felt very flimsy and are not the quality of other Henckel sets I have purchased.  There was rust on a few of the knives, straight from the box.  I gave 2 stars because the block itself is just the color I wanted.  It holds the perfect amount of knives and is good quality.  I did not send the set back because I wanted the block so I tossed the knives.  They were that bad, I wouldnt give them away, trash they went.