It’s a nice set however I’m disappointed that water gets down into the handle which I didn’t know until I put them in my sink and soapy water to wash them being brand new and drying them off and putting them into the holding block. When I went to pull them out, water was dripping into the holding block. I think that’s a poor design, that water would get into the handle and it’s really hard to get out unless you shake each knife vigorously many times and keep wiping it until you feel comfortable that all the water is out, but I doubt very much that it is so I don’t know over the course of time, what’s going to happen to them inside the handles.￼