This makes me look like I know what I'm doing in the kitchen! You know what they say " Get the right tools for the job" I can't stress enough how important it is to have decent sharp and easy to work with knives in the kitchen. Before I started going out with my fella, I was always using this one knife, and incorrectly, I might add! Then he showed what a good knife set is all about, and how to use all knives correctly! These knives in this set, glides smoothly into what ever I start slicing into. Just waiting for more sales to fill up the rest of the holes in the butcher block!