Zwilling JA Henckels Twin Gourmet 15-Piece Block Set

Product Description

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If top-shelf Henckels knives will break your bank, you can still get high-quality performance and construction with the mid-range Henckels Gourmet line. This 15-piece set outfits you with the most used knives, including 8-inch chef, 8-inch bread, 5-inch serrated utility, and 4-inch paring blades. It also comes with a set of eight 4-1/2-inch steak knives, a 9-inch sharpening steel, pair of kitchen shears, and a handsome hardwood block with extra slots to help you grow your kitchen knife collection.

Each Gourmet knife is stamped from a single piece of high-carbon stainless steel, honed by hand, and hardened by the Friodur ice process, for maximum strength and stain-resistance. These knives boast a full tang, which is triple-riveted to a contoured handle made of Novadur polypropylene. This construction is impact-resistant, comfortable to hold, and durable. The set is safe for the dishwasher, but washing by hand is recommended. Henckels includes a lifetime warranty.

What's in the Box

15-piece set, including: 8-inch chef's knife, 8-inch bread knife, 5-inch serrated utility knife, 4-inch paring knife, eight 4-1/2-inch steak knives; 9-inch sharpening steel, kitchen shears, hardwood block with extra slots

This review is from: Zwilling JA Henckels Twin Gourmet 15-Piece Block Set (Kitchen)
This set is a cost-effective solution for making sure you always have a suitable decent-quality knife for the task on hand, but none of the included knives really qualifies as the kitchen knife of choice. For that, I would recommend a FORGED 8" chef's knife with a bolster (Henckels offers one for about $100 Zwillilng J.A. Henckels Twin Four Star 8-Inch High Carbon Stainless-Steel Chef's Knife), which would fit nicely into any of the few spare slots in the included block (none of which will fit a typical meat cleaver, incidentally).

The steak knives are a high point of the set. Note that they are serrated, which could lead to future sharpening difficulties. It goes without saying that the bread knife is also serrated.

There's nothing here that will impress an enthusiast, but for the rest of us, it's a reasonably-priced product that gets you 90% of the way toward a full suite of utilitarian cutlery.