Ninja K32014 Foodi NeverDull Premium Knife System, 14 Piece Knife Block Set with Built-in Sharpener, German Stainless Steel Knives, Black

I have never been a fan of knife sets - the knives are usually meh and many useless when you only really need a couple of good knives. I've had $500 chef knifes that the Ninja rivals. Steak knives are usually a joke in these sets - these suckers are so sharp that when the blade barely graced the tip of my finger it cut a tissue paper thin slice of skin evenly off my finger. When that happened, I knew I have a winner.I have used the Santoku knife religiously as my go to in this set for the past five months and have not yet had a need to even use the sharpener (or sharpen any knives for that matter). I can't rave enough about how much I love these knives!!!!The only thing I do not like about the set is the knife block itself self being plastic. It's hard to clean and everything in your kitchen will build up greasy residue over time. Plastics just never clean well and over time get kind of nasty and it's not something you can put in your dishwasher that is usually the cure all. To get a mostly wooden block, you have to buy a deluxe set that isn't really worth it for most people. A minor gripe but something that most cooks will understand. With wood blocks, you can treat and wax them and keep them in good shape, and you also don't have to worry about the knives making contact with plastics.BUY THESE KNIVES. You will not be sorry. I am also a Shark/Ninja addict and to date, the only product I've never not loved was the NeverStick cookware that everything stuck to.

These are AWESOME. Though it may be a gimmicky set... Not the case. These are insanely sharp, and even trying to wash them they are slicing up the sponges and brushes by accident. Something I never had to pay attention to in the past.Try them, the price now seems cheap after owning them for about 6 months and they still impress me every time I use them. They seem like they would would give a a great fight to those $800 knife sets. I can't imagine them being any sharper. They slice through steak in a single swipe with no pressure. I'm not used to that... Totally happy!

What most impressed me was just how sharp these blades are. I’ve owned a dozen different sets of varying quality, nothing necessarily superb, but I’ve never had a kitchen knife hold an edge like these. Upon delivery, the insert even tells you NOT to sharpen them until you’ve used them for at least two weeks.Third most impressive take (I know it’s out of order, it’s fine): It’s never felt important to me until now, just how nice a well-balanced chef’s knife is. They have a balanced weight and I gotta tell ya, I can never go back. I threw out my entire previous knife set in favor of these.The second most impressive feature requires you to appreciate the third one beforehand. The sleek style, at first, seemed simplistic to me. As I got to using them all a little more though, I found them to be much more comfortable to hold for longer periods of time. Less hand/grip fatigue from dicing multiple ingredients as a result.The reason number three mattered is because as I was becoming comfortable with these handles, I had to learn how to use a balanced blade that didn’t require much pressure to do its job. I realized very quickly that I’d actually begun carving into my cutting board because I was using pressure like I did in my old knives. I used to sharpen my old knives every third or fourth meal and I really can’t impress upon you enough, how comfortable and just how much easier it was prepping for a large meal with this set.I will note that for a man, I don’t have especially large hands. Big palms, Italian sausage fingers. A lot of handles feel a little too large, too deep, or just off for me. The Ninja set’s handle design with balanced blades are a treat I didn’t realize I would be so excited about.Now, here’s what is less impressive: when you put them in the block, they just kind of… “uhh…go in there.” It’s hard to describe. There’s no satisfying click, no recognizable placement, or sense of finality when you put them in their slots. I haven’t read up on this yet, so for all I know I’m an idiot who can’t figure out how to put a knife in a knife slot. But it feels unsatisfying. They just kind of “lay” in there, but that’s too strong of a word. Honestly though, everything else is way more important and more than makes up for this oddly specific dislike.In purgatory: I haven’t had the set for two weeks yet, nor do I suspect they’ll need to be sharpened by then with my usage. So, I can’t vouch for the sharpener, but it seems to be a pretty major selling point.