Now that I have had these knives for approximately three months oh, I came back to upgrade my original review. I am downgrading this from five stars to just two stars because as you can see the color has started to peel off. 1 I am no sous chef so I don't use these very often. But this size knife is the one I use the most. I also hand wash these knives along with my pots and pans. So they have never been in the dishwasher. So I don't understand why the color is coming off!