Henckels 20-Slot Super Knife Storage Block
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List Price: Our Price: $21.49 You Save: $38.51 (64%) Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days Category: Kitchen See more product details |
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Kitchen and Housewares Reviews of Henckels 20-Slot Super Knife Storage Block
Customer Review: Good Value
Summary: 5 Stars
In general, I think knife blocks are overpriced, given that they are just hunks of wood with slots. That said, this one is a pretty good deal compared to other choices, even within this brand. If you care to pull out your calculator and come up with a cost-per-slot figure, then compare this to others, you will see what I mean immediately.
Two things to be aware of:
One, there is a nearly identical block by same brand that goes for same price but has only 19 slots. This one has 20 slots. So you might as well buy the one that has the extra slot when the price is the same. Make sure you count the slots when you get it to ensure you got the right one.
Two, the lower row of slots for steak knives are not generous in length, only about 4 7/8 inches. I have Calphalon Contemporary steak knives whose blades measure 4 5/8 inches from hilt to tip. So when I put them in this block, there is not much space to spare at bottom. If you have steak knives whose blades measure a full 5 inches or more, the tips may poke out at bottom.
Those warnings aside, I have to say this is a good product for the money and meets my needs, since I doubt I will actually own 20 knives. Quality is good. And there are four screw-mounted rubber bumpers on the bottom to prevent the thing from sliding around on your counter.
Customer Review: Excellent packing and shipping
Summary: 5 Stars
This knife block was very good quality, and was very well packed. I received it very shortly after I placed the order. I bought this for my daughter who requested one for her birthday present. I had a lot of time to research this on the Internet and found out a lot about knife blocks. One thing is that it's hard to find one without the knives included in the sale. The other is to find a high quality wood and large enough holes because I didn't know what sizes her collection included. I finally chose the one with the best wood (my son-in-law does a lot of wood restoration around their house), the largest one with the most and largest holes, and one with the least advertising on it so they could display it out on their counter where they wanted it. This served all purposes and she was very very pleased with it! I kept the receipt in case she wanted to return it, but she loved it and was using it the very next day.Customer Review: excellent utility piece
Summary: 5 Stars
After years of storing knives in a drawer, putting fingers at risk in searching for the right one, and dealing with consistently dull or damaged cutting edges, I finally decided to "sacrifice" some counter space for a knife block. This one is perfect! My steak and utility knives fit in the front lower slots and are easily accessible. (However, my set of large steak-house style knives have blades that are too wide for the lower slots.) The upper portion of the block holds everything else, including wide-bladed vegetable knives and very long serrated blades like bread knives. The angle of the block is just right for the counter height, neither too high nor too low. The knives set well into the block and don't rattle about or risk spilling out onto the counter. The block is heavy enough that it never moves as I remove or return knives to it. It's great! Just as advertised.Customer Review: So-so
Summary: 3 Stars
First, the pic shows 19 slots but the write up says 20 slots. Didn't know what I was going to get. Said In Stock, but took 15 days to ship with Super Saver.
Second, Amazon & J. A. went out of their way not to let me know what the slot sizes are. The one I got fortunately has 20 slots. One for scissors & one for a steel, a 3 1/4" cleaver slot, 4 - 2" slots, 2 each 1 3/8" & 1" slots, 1 - 1 1/4" slot and 8 - 3/4" slots for steak knives.
Now, my cleaver won't fit in the cleaver slot, but that isn't a problem because my 10" chefs knife won't fit in any of the other slots so it has to go in the cleaver slot. My 12" roast slicer doesn't have a prayer. All the other knives I don't use fit fine.
All in all it's a nice block at a nice price. I didn't like wondering for three weeks what I bought.
Hilditch
Customer Review: Perfect! Lots of deep slots hold lots of knives!
Summary: 5 Stars
Reading the reviews here, I was a bit reluctant to buy this knife block, but since I had tons of knives that I wasn't able to store effectively, I thought I'd give it a try. Here's what I have in the block (from top down, left to right):
- 8" Chef's Knife (it's in the butcher's knife slot)
- Sharpening Steel
- 8" Santoku Knife
- 8" Carving Knife
- 6" Chef's Knife
- 8" Slicing Knife
- 7" Bread Knife (serrated edge)
- 6" Utility Knife
- 7" Bread Knife (offset serrated edge)
- 6" Boning Knife
- Shears
- Paring Knife
In the steak knife slots
- 4 Steak Knives
- 3 Paring/Utility Knives
And one empty slot to spare!
This is a good value and provides ample room for a cook's knife collection.