Cangshan HELENA Series German Steel Forged Knife Block Set (12-Piece, Black), Oprah's Favorite Things 2023

Love the quality of these- they came really sharp and it has the perfect number and sizes of knives for me. Only downside is you have to wash and dry them right away but it’s not a big deal for me. Totally worth my money.

So to preface the review I like nice knives but have been using the same Chicago Cutlery wooden handled knives for 15 years. Those of fine and held up well but these are way nicer.Very well balanced and light. They all came well packaged and sharp. The handles were well smoothed out without any edges or cracks. My only critique is that the knife block has you slide the knives in sideways which will take some getting use to. It’s just a little more difficult to get the knives in the block. The block and knives are really pretty in my opinion.

All of the knives came sharp and are of good quality. They are sharp - nicked myself taking them out of the packaging.

If you're looking at these, or similar knives on Amazon and considering a purchase then you're not likely enough of a knife snob to be unhappy with them. If you were, you'd have been on knife forums researching all this.These knives are made of the same steel that most of these knife sets in this price range are made of. The differences in sets will mostly be geometric or subjective differences from one to the other.The handle of my Chef's knife formed a crack between the rivet/pin and the bottom of the white polymer part of the handle. This occurred near the end of the first month of ownership. I don't wash my knives in the dishwasher and it had not been dropped.I sent an email to Cangshan via the hello@ email address provided on their website, with a pic of the handle. I received a reply the next morning that they were shipping me a new Chef's knife.I took delivery of it today.Not sure why the handle cracked but very happy with the customer service on the product here. They were quick to respond and it was evident that they have a solid process to correct any issues with their product.I am a Vine reviewer but I bought these knives from Amazon at the typical posted Amazon price. The set was not provided to me for free, I only received a Chef's knife for free when I advised them that one of mine had a problem.I have not been asked by Cangshan nor given any incentive to write a review here. I just wanted to point out that I am happy with the knives, they're typical steel for this type/price range of knife set, and that my experience with the company was fantastic.

Elegant, beautiful, still use my old set and just use these for special occasions and counter bling

These are excellent knives and sharp! A bit expensive, but worth it to have good knives.

I received this knife set as an anniversary gift 9 months ago and we are very happy with this knife set! It's the perfect variety of knives - we use every one of them. I love that the steak knives are not serrated so we can sharpen them if need be. They are heavier then my old set of KitchenAid knives I had. They are great quality and I imagine that they will last us many years.

Very sharp!