I want to preface this that I purchased this for a second home mainly because I needed steak knives and wanted something with a thick handle.  I have Whustof knives in my first home and I was hoping these would come close to that quality but they aren't. The bread knife tears the bread apart - it's better than some bread knives but not near the quality of Whustof.  The steak knives are OK.  The chef knife is good.  I didn't return it because I didn't need the best quality knives at this house since we aren't there as much.