Really happy this comes with 8 steak knives!  we use thoise all the time. The self sharpening is what really grabbed my attention, its so easy and you don't have to worry if the knives are ready to go or not. this is one of the few sets out there that still includes carving knives, both an 8" and a 6". The carvers were the knife that my dad first taught me to cut with so for lots of things they are my go tos. The scissors are awesome, and cut better than any of my other scissors , also having 2 paring knives is helpful, both e 3" and 4" get lots ofuse too.