After a couple years of using old, unsharpened knives, this knife set is a revelation. One of my least favorite things was slicing tomatoes with a defective knife - what a mess! But these knives make clean, effective slicing an easy and enjoyable task. We plan to make potatoes au gratin tonight and I have no doubt we will be able to thinly sliced the potatoes with minimal effort. I love that it comes with a sharpener too, so never again will I have to suffer dull knives. [This review was collected as part of a promotion.]