These knives help to make me feel like a professional chef, although I'm far from it. They are weighted & balanced perfectly, so you can let the knife do the work. High quality craftmanship throughout. I love that they even thought to put suction cups on the bottom, so the knife block grips your counters, greatly reducing the risk of accidents. The sharpener feature is by far my favorite. No excuse to have dull knives ever again. I happily gave all of my old, mismatched knives away.