Customer Reviews

Chicago Cutlery Cabrera 12-Piece Knife Set with Block

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I just bought this yesterday. I love the look of this knife set. I got a fantastic deal at an outlet store. I would have liked the knife set in black or even red but it was only available in white. I bought it since it was a steal at $24.99 and Chicago cutlery has a great reputation yeah I know what a deal. It has a great pair of scissors that are well made and will be very useful with twine and cutting chives and scallions and a large sturdy knife sharpener that resembles a spit stick. It gives directions on the proper technique for using the sharpener so I am optimistic I will do this well. I love being able to put a nice edge on the knife.

The knives seem to be very light and my boyfriend commented "flimsy", but I don't think that is always an indication that the knives are of poor quality. The knife block is solid and sturdy, but I am not very fond of the aluminum piece that is placed over the top of the knife block as I feel this will require time to polish and keep it clean and shiney, it already shows some finger prints. Although the concept of aluminum or chrome on top helps to guide the knives into the slot and seems more compartmentalized, it will probably also get scratched alot and look ugly.

I used the paring knife to slice a tomato and it was nice and sharp. I see a few problems in the future with this set, 1) the white color handles will be hard to keep clean and I can see myself getting creative with keeping them clean, 2) the knives will also be hard to keep a nice shine on them since I saw watermarks on the knife after I cleaned it and had to buff it a bit before I returned it to the knife block 3) Since the metal is thin you must be gentle when sharpening or you could damage the blade.

Overall if you take good care of these knives and keep them clean and refrain from putting them in the dishwasher this could remain a great knife set for about 5 years.

Let me preface this by saying that I am not an expert on knives and as such don't know how this set would compare to a more expensive set.

What I can say is that my wife and I are enjoying using this set of knives. The sudoko configuration is very easy to use in chopping vegetables- very sharp and light. It made fast work of some carrots and celery. I have yet to use them on something tougher like bone. The scissors are also very easy to use- they came very sharp as well.

The set itself takes up very little space on the counter top and the knives look attractive.

I bought it for 40 bucks as a lightning deal and have no regrets.

The main reason I picked this if for the combination. I like the santoku and partoku knives. Overall the white plastic is pretty cheap looking and is not finished well. You see flash all over the edges whch could have been easily trimed where ever this was manufactured. Besides the not so contemporary design, the knives are good.

Got this set a few months ago at the Gold Box price. Not bad compared to what similar would cost at retail. Free shipping was good. Had noted a couple of reviews after I ordered the set spoke of a "missing knife." When I got my set, I checked the contents and noted the bread knife was missing. I sent an email to the parent company of Chicago knife listed in the literature. Got a reply a couple of days later, sorry for the missing knife, they would send one. Actually got it about 8 weeks later. Better late than never. No charge. Complain, folks, complain!!!

Great set of knives - only 10 knives came - I was able to find the missing one at target - so lightning deal ended up costing retail anyway.....

Excellent set for the price. The knifes are sharp and do their job very well. Don't wash them in dishwasher and sharpen them once in a while to keep them as new.

This is a nice set of knifes for a killer price, I bought these for 39.00 and they are wonderful, match my kitchen nicely and work great!

This is my second set of Chicago Cutlery, as my previous (wood handled-) set of ten years of age has become well worn about the oak handles. The clean hard plastic handles of this set will probably last much longer. All the knives are extremely sharp in keeping with Chicago's history. I have no doubt they are made in China (at this price), although I see no documentation as to origin. Only one large-sized knife has a serrated edge, which I tend to dislike as they are difficult to sharpen. The scissors, -easily taken apart for cleaning, are extremely well crafted.

I got a great deal thru Amazon, received the set right away (impressive considering it was in December). Only problem was the bread knife was missing. We called Chcago Cutlery and they are sending one out. I've never cut with a knife so sharp in my life. Love 'em!

Chicago Cutlery 12-Piece Cabrera Knife Block Set

This is a very nice set - Has everything we need & complete enough to donate our unmatched knives. They are VERY sharp and easy to clean plus look great on the counter. You cannot go wrong with this set!