Customer Reviews

Farberware Pro Stainless-Steel 8-Piece Knife Block Set

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I am a collector of quality pocket and hunting knives but also I appreciate quality kitchen knives.
I am a very busy person and therefore I don't like to write reviews. However, I read a naive nonsense review about this set and I have no choice but to say the truth for the sake of justice and truth. The knives are sharpened from both sides and of very good quality. Actually the knives except the serrated ones are thin up to an inch from the edge. This will make it easy to sharpen them. I saw this feature in high quality knives such as "BUCK" hunting knives. What the reviewer said is simply wrong. The only knives sharpened from one side are the serrated knives (only 2 knives out of five knives). All serrated knives on earth from very expensive to cheap ones are serrated from one side. Why? There is no need to sharpen it from the other side and it is technically impossible. Check this for yourself. The reviewer used the wrong knife for the wrong job. This set worths more than [money] and if you take care of it, it will last forever.

I have spent alot of time looking for inexpensive good quality knives and with these I found them. I never put knives in a dishwasher so I don't have the rust problem, dishwashers aren't good for washing knives anyways, they dull them. I cut up alot of veggies and meats and these knives hold up pretty good. I don't know how to use a sharpener, as the set comes with one, but haven't had to with these. I would recommend.

For non-professional knives, I think these are pretty dern good. Easy to sharpen, easy to handle (very light), and very easy to keep clean and sanitary, being all one-piece stainless steel (I hand wash). Not good for hacking apart coconuts... quickly transforms chef knife into serrated.

What makes good knives:

1) easy to handle

2) sharp

'easy to handle' is a personal preference, so the only thing we are left with is 'sharp'. All knives are sharp when they are first purchased, but after use of a few months to a year all knives (even Wüsthof) will need to be sharpened. (Sharpen is different from honing. That metal rod you get with the knife set is a honing rod, that should be used just about each time before you use a knife but that is not sharpening the knife.)

My whole point is, you are going to have to get a cheap little sharpener and sharpen your knives, would you rather sharpen $500 Wüsthof or $30 Farberware?

I've used these knives for the past 4 years and have been completely satisfied. True, you can't put them in the dishwasher, but I don't. I would highly recommend these knives and a basic sharpener to people looking for their first knife set.

I bought this item because it said it was stainless steel. Well I have rust everywhere on them I cannot put them in the dishwasher or let them sit in the sink to long. Can I return these? I am very unsatisfied. Can you e-mail an address so I can send photos of these awful knives.

signed a very disappointed customer

I bought these knives because they were gorgeous. The stainless steel look is very nice. I got them home and while I was washing them I noticed that the blades were very thick and hearty. The problem is that the blades is only sharpened on one side. I tried to cut an appled and the knife will only cut on an angle. It slides away from the initial cut which makes it impossible to cut anything less than a 1" blade. I would not recommend that ANYONE buy these. You are much better off with a cheaper, normal set of knives, or a more expensive set. Dont be fooled by good looks!!