Customer Reviews

Farberware 21-Piece Knife and Tool Set with Carousel

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I purchased these knives several years ago, and immediately noticed rust spots on the blades after a few runs in the dishwasher. The plastic utensils worked wonderfully until a week ago, when i accidently left one of the spoons in a pot of boiling water. technically, it's still a spoon, but it's tough to tell by looking at it.
i also found out the hard way that those rust spots aren't just on the surface, they eat through the blade, as i had one snap in half on me while slicing a potato two nights ago...not the handle, but the actual blade. had any of my fingers been in different positions, i wouldn't be able to type this review.

The customer service from Farberware is terrible. They run you around, you end up paying more than the value of the item after sending it back many times -- because you sent it to the "wrong" place - the place you were told to send it on the phone when you called to complain. Now they want you to send it someplace else. I will never purchase from this company again.

The plastic spoon melted when I washed it in the dishwasher. I would suggest washing these by hand because they are very light and tend to "fly around" in the dishwasher.

The knives are a great item for the price.

The carousel is very convient to keep all the knives and utensils in one place.

Don't waste your money, buy a good set. The price should have been a clue. These cut absolutly nothing. The only thing worthwhile are the spoons and such. I wish I had seen the reviews on Amazon first! I don't have a dishwasher so I would imagine if I did, they would have rusted like everyone else's.

This set claims to be completely dishwasher safe, but the knives started showing rust spots the first time I washed them. The large spoons melted and warped stirring boiling water and the stand's straight up slots make a great place for dust to gather thats impossible to clean.

I knew when I bought this set for its very low price that it wouldn't be the highest quality set, but c'mon!

I used one of the large plastic spoons in a spaghetti sauce one night, and it partially melted (well, I suppose "became quite deformed" is a more appropriate choice of words).

The description says the knives are dishwasher safe. Hmmm, okay, but you better stock up on CLR, as these guys rust. Quickly. I think on the second pass through my dishwasher, several of the knives rusted quite badly. And the blades are rather uncomfortably thin. They don't really inspire confidence.

I ended up tossing most of the knives, but I kept the plastic utensils (even the deformed spoon - it still works) and the shears (they are pretty good).

Again, for the price, I wasn't surprised ...

It is great, has everything I need, I love the scissors but the carrusel does't work and drives me crazy!

I just ordered this product today but I have used my daughter in law's carousel many times in her kitchen. It is wonderful. The kitchen scissors have a place to be put when not in use as do the other items in the carousel. I have no doubt that I will use and enjoy this in my kitchen as much as I have in her kitchen. This saves so much space from having to put these items in drawers and not be able to find them when I need them. I cannot wait to get this in.

I'm writing this review because honestly, I don't understand why people are giving this and similar sets bad reviews.
I received an extremely similar set like this as a wedding present 5 years ago. I use my set every single day and have run them through the dishwasher numerous times. I'm an avid "old fashioned" kind of cook, and every piece get lots of use.
The only problems I've had are a couple of the handles have slipped off (but could be reattached.) However, my set doesn't have the bolt-looking things like the ones in the picture, so maybe the manufacturer has corrected the problem.
The second problem was melting of the spoons and such. But's that my fault for leaving them on top of an extremely hot 1950's cast iron stove.
If you're looking for an inexpensive set of knives and serving utensils, this would be it. I've given the set as a gift and if mine ever do wear out, will buy the same set.

This was a good idea but the carousel doesn't turn easily and needs to be improved. The one I received actually had a problem and something was scraping, like plastic on plastic I guess; think it may have been seated too low on the base.