A few weeks ago when I ordered my Wusthof Classic Knife Set, I wasn’t sure when they’d be delivered, so I had them delivered to Mom’s house, since I’m back and forth so much. I didn’t want to take a chance on not being at my house and have them delivered here. Anyway, I just picked them up this weekend and brought them home. Damn, these are impressive knives!
I know that several people mentioned I shouldn’t buy a block set. The reason being, many times you wind up with knives you might not need or use very often….which is true and good advice. Some also suggested storing them in a drawer in sleeves, well that just wasn’t gonna work, for me anyway. Due to space constraints I needed a block to store them on my counter, plus I like having everything at my fingertips. Fortunately for me I didn’t have to settle for whatever knives came in a particular block set. Wusthof gives you the option of selecting a block and fill it with the knives of your choice. I bought the 15 slot block in Acacia. Of course the first thing I just "had" to do was give it the old arm hair test.
I took a couple of them out and, of course they both shaved a significant amount of arm hair with ease. My next test was to stick one in my ear to see how well it shaves ear hair. 
Nah, even I wouldn’t try that.
These knives are definitely first class quality, as they should be for that kinda money. 😱 They are well balanced and felt great in my hands. I can’t wait to actually use them over the next several days. The only blemish with this whole thing was a couple of scratches in the block. This had to have happened during production because the block was shrink wrapped in plastic and was visible only after I removed the plastic wrap. The plastic itself was not torn and everything was shipped in high quality, individual boxes….inside a well packaged large box. I’ll be giving them a call tomorrow and I feel like they’ll probably make it right with me….I’ll keep y’all posted about that. Here’s a few pics.
TOP TO BOTTOM: 8†Chef’s Knife, 8†Carving Knife, 7†Santoku HE Knife
8†Bread Slicer, 6†Utility Knife, 4†Paring Knife
(4) 4 1/2†Steak Knives
I also got the scissors and a honing rod.
Scratches On The Block
I know that several people mentioned I shouldn’t buy a block set. The reason being, many times you wind up with knives you might not need or use very often….which is true and good advice. Some also suggested storing them in a drawer in sleeves, well that just wasn’t gonna work, for me anyway. Due to space constraints I needed a block to store them on my counter, plus I like having everything at my fingertips. Fortunately for me I didn’t have to settle for whatever knives came in a particular block set. Wusthof gives you the option of selecting a block and fill it with the knives of your choice. I bought the 15 slot block in Acacia. Of course the first thing I just "had" to do was give it the old arm hair test.
I took a couple of them out and, of course they both shaved a significant amount of arm hair with ease. My next test was to stick one in my ear to see how well it shaves ear hair. Nah, even I wouldn’t try that.These knives are definitely first class quality, as they should be for that kinda money. 😱 They are well balanced and felt great in my hands. I can’t wait to actually use them over the next several days. The only blemish with this whole thing was a couple of scratches in the block. This had to have happened during production because the block was shrink wrapped in plastic and was visible only after I removed the plastic wrap. The plastic itself was not torn and everything was shipped in high quality, individual boxes….inside a well packaged large box. I’ll be giving them a call tomorrow and I feel like they’ll probably make it right with me….I’ll keep y’all posted about that. Here’s a few pics.
TOP TO BOTTOM: 8†Chef’s Knife, 8†Carving Knife, 7†Santoku HE Knife
8†Bread Slicer, 6†Utility Knife, 4†Paring Knife
(4) 4 1/2†Steak Knives
I also got the scissors and a honing rod.
Scratches On The Block
. For safety purposes please only use one at a time and enjoy each slice 
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