Looking for a Alleschneider I found Amazon to the Knights. Because of the many good reviews we decided to go to the Knights. He is now running for quite some time in our kitchen, has never caused problems and is doing what it should - cut. Whether thin if thick, for the knight no problem. It's also nice the second knife in his delivery, for fine charcuterie it pays double. Cleaning is done quickly, so I would buy bedenklos again.