I waited for a very long time to replace my old knives, so when we remodeled our kitchen, I decided it was the perfect time to get my hands on something new.  These knives are perfect...they stay sharp, there is a large selection to choose from, and the kitchen scissors get a lot of use.  The only thing I do want to say is the kitchen scissors seem to get stuck easily and don't cut smoothly.  Still working on fixing this, but everything else is great...I don't regret my purchase at all!