I consider myself: The knife block looks beautiful and does what he is outstanding. The application can be removed easily and washed. After washing, you have to use but very long (!) Let it dry. I even put it on the heater. It takes a long time for the moisture to the bottom, where the plastic chopsticks are closest, is out again. If drying is the use of incorrect, I would imagine that it comes very quickly to the formation of mold.