It's a nice enough set and well made (one of my biggest requirements is that edges of spoons & forks are smooth & don't feel like they cut your mouth the way cheaper pieces often do, and these are fine that way), but I didn't realize from the pictures (even after searching online for more pictures) that there were grooves on the sides. The back is also hollowed out, which isn't such a big deal, but it's that way on one side of the knives as well, so that they match when they set at a place setting, but when you pick it up the right side is hollowed and it just looks strange.