The knife block seems very well made and looks attractive (but is probably a matter of taste whether black now just fits in the kitchen). A disadvantage is that knife with relatively heavy handle simple herauskippren times, which is not without its dangers. A heavy small knife can sometimes disappear in the bristle forest when it is not reingesteckt carefully. Perhaps the bristles should be a little closer. But we do not have experience with other bristles knife blocks and do not know to what extent that perhaps all is so.