My husband and I have been looking for a quality knife for a while. We finally decided on Zwilling based on reputation and talking g to my uncle who is a chef. he highly recommended a Zwilling knife set and once we found a set that we liked we got one. We were very impressed with the knives up arrival. excellant quality, nicely packaged, the block is gorgeous and the knives are SHARP! good gracious! LOVE the feel of them and made the following evening dinner prep nearly effortless. I look forward to really upping the cooking game in the house with knives that actually cut! I'll definitely be looking to add to the collection in the future. (just wish there was a store nearby.....)