Although one must also here when plugging in principle apply care so that the small plastic threads Do not buckle, but to me that's not happened yet. In comparison to the tedious meeting the slots of a conventional knife block which is negligible. Instead of rigid slots in solid wood here provides around a relatively rigid bundles of bristles, held together by the wood frame / member outside the grip of the knife. Between the bristles is just so much space that fit a few knives, characterized the grip is. The more blades do you store in the block, the tighter they sit course it (the blade thickness displaces yes the round fibers and the space is limited by the timber body), and the sooner occurs when inserting the Umknickproblem on or insertion is laborious. Still to then suffer the bristles and the more life becomes because sharp blades cut along to them, since they can not escape. So you should be limited in their own interest to ensure a prolonged shelf life and do not put in too many knives. How many are too many depends on the blade thickness and size from. I currently have four large and three small knife in it, and keep the limit to reach. For more (we work in pairs) I'll buy myself a second block.
Anyway, I'm glad that the time of too narrow to flat to low slots that do not fit for my knife, or in the number to a few of the proper grade is finally over. This knife block can be, for example bearings, five major Japanese knives, for the most fit into conventional block only one or two slots.