Customer Reviews

Calphalon Contemporary 4-Piece Stamped Steak Knife Set

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These knifes sound great on paper, good balance, Hi carbon blade, comfortable handle. However, I did not like the combination serrated/striaght blade. Meat cuts cleanly thru the straight section of the blade then gets caught up in the serrations. Tried on chicken, beef, pork, and fish, kept tearing up the meat, no good for me. Great for cutting open frozen vegatable boxes, but that's not why I purchased them. Not recomemded.

For the price, these knives are a good deal. They match the Contemporary cultery set we already have. They cut well, even if they do feel a bit light for steak knives, and they're attractive. As for the balancing issues of the knives, I haven't experienced any real trouble.

These knives are terrible! The serrations on the knife blade are so small they don't cut the meat; they tear the meat. Then when you set the knife back on the plate you have a steak knife with shreds of meat embedded in the serrations on the knife. Want to cut a piece of ham 1/4" thick? It's impossible. The meat can only be torn apart between your fork and the knive, as the serrations only tear and do not cut. I'm currently looking for some real steak knives and will donate these to charity or throw them away.

"Perfect" my Aunt Fanny. Even a regular knife from a table setting will cut meat, and so will these. But the fancy "no-stain, German steel" doesn't mean squat if the things won't stay on the edge of your plate. Supposedly "individually balanced," but every one of the eight steak knives my girlfriend bought for me is so well balanced that it inevitably slips off the rim and slides handle first into the food. The "ergonomic design" of the handle is meaningless if that same handle is always covered with sauce. Do not buy.