Have this knife set my wife for Christmas - Yes, she wanted it so :-) The set is delivered in a black wooden box with the words stabbed. The knives are comfortable to hold and convey by their weight a solid "cutting feeling". All are very sharp and if you're not used such work device, you should first take care of his fingers. Even the mere "lay on the finger" of the blades may be "chirugischer intervention" a. The blades have the typical damask pattern and the black lacquered wooden handle has the right grain. With us the knife 3 weeks now in use every day and had not be sharpened. But still the same ordered a Japanese whetstone and a wooden knife block for the drawer. Metal grinder, dishwasher, bone and frozen it is better to steer clear of these knives. We have canceled our old cheap knife ... Summary: We are very pleased with these knives. The price / performance ratio for this set is really consumer friendly, considering the already single knife anderwo are equally expensive. Strong buy recommendation.