This is an upgrade of the knives I’ve been using which are usually cheap and loose it’s sharpness for a month or so. I have high expectations for these set of knives, it’s lightweight and sharp. Although this is more the affordable set which are made from India,it’s stamped, I just hope that it will be durable enough and not loose it’s sharpness because I’ll be using it a lot on my kitchen. The block has a chip at the bottom which has  been there, not from the shipping because the paint and varnish is still intact. Not a big deal since I’m after the quality of the knives.