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| Pinzon 8-Piece Pakka Wood Knife Set With Glass Block | 
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| Brand: Amazon
Category: Kitchen
List Price: $100.00
Buy New: $23.67
You Save: $76.33 (76%)
Avg. Customer Rating:  (10 reviews)
Sales Rank: 14152
Media: Kitchen
Shipping Weight (lbs): 12.2
Dimensions (in): 16.6 x 15.2 x 6.4
ASIN: B000FHF4QI
Shipping: Eligible for Super Saver Shipping
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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| Customer Reviews:
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 Knife set January 11, 2007
0 out of 3 found this review helpful
Excellent quality at a great price. If you don't need 20 different kinds on knives, this set is perfect.
Heck of a deal!!!!!!! grab it asap January 10, 2007
0 out of 6 found this review helpful
I first bought it cos it was cheep. it was 12.99 and had 10 $ for shippin. i recommend buyin 2 of these and savin on free shippin. I was really surprised when i saw the set. the wooden block is solid wood pretty heavy. knives are pretty handy. plus set comes with a knife sharpner..this is kewl deal.
 Beautiful set of knives January 5, 2007
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
To be honest the last thing I needed was more knives, but bought two of these sets for gifts next X-mas. After opening them though, they look so great I decided to keep one set for myself. The blades are a bit thicker as pointed out in another review, and the fit, finish, and edge are all very good. In my case the 4 stars (instead of 5) reflects the glass blocks: took both apart (2 screws) to clean the glass, and one (out of 4) end pieces was off center, which I fixed by just reattaching properly after cleaning the glass.
 Not worth the shipping January 4, 2007
53 out of 55 found this review helpful
Having been pleasantly surprised by the good quality of Calphalon's thrifty Chinese-made cutlery, I decided to give Amazon's house-brand Pinzon set a try. Amazon's set is a true disappointment in several respects:
1) All of the knives are thickly and crudely wedge-ground with slightly convex rather than flat sides. The chef's knife in particular is very poorly formed with two glaringly obvious areas of excessive grinding on one side near the widest part of the blade. This defect can't be remedied by professional regrinding. The boning knife that should be easily flexible is as lumpishly thick and rigid as all the others. Of all seven tools, only the sharpening steel is well-formed.
2) The handles on several knives are so badly fitted that they're guaranteed to be unsanitary. The chef's knife for example has a nearly 1mm gap between the steel bolster and the wood on one side; the huge gap has been filled with waxy brown filler. The fit between the tang and the handles is so poor that light can easily be seen between the pieces along the whole length of one handle. Even the lowest grade of dirt-cheap Brazilian Tramontina knives is leagues ahead of these in fit.
3) The tang and rivet edges stick out above the wood on all the knives. What caused this shrinkage of the "pakkawood" (resin-soaked hardwood plywood) after manufacture? How much more shrinkage is to be expected?
4) The block is certainly adequate though, right? Wrong. The design IS nice and space-thrifty. Unfortunately the stick of hardwood forming the base is very obviously split along more than half of its length. From the stain in the widest part of the split it's easy to conclude the defect was obvious to the maker also.
Very bad quality overall.
Fantastic set of knives for the home cook January 3, 2007
2 out of 6 found this review helpful
The blades are excellent. They hone nicely and hold an edge very well. They're still sharp after a year and a half of moderate-to-heavy use. They claim to be stain resistant and they certainly seem so. Just remember to dry with a towel before putting them away and hone them before each use. Treat them well and I don't see why you couldn't manage 2 or more years of medium cutting and chopping between sharpening.
The handles are the reason I gave these knives only 4 stars. They are attractive, but the wood doesn't quite fit right. The scales, as their called, are a millimeter smaller than the tang so there's a little spine of exposed metal that runs the entire perimeter of the handle. It's not just my set either. A friend who bought it on my recommendation also has this problem. They're not uncomfortable to hold, but you can feel the ridge. Perhaps it was done intentionally for style or grip, but I doubt that.
The block is fantastic. The big issue with the traditional wooden blocks is that they tend to absorb water. This makes the slots a bit damp which can stain or rust blades. It's even worse if you put your knives away wet (which you shouldn't have done in the first place). The water pools in the slots and stays in contact with the blade. The arrangement of the glass plates allow ample room for air to circulate. The honing steel tucks away nicely into the post. There is one caveat though. The tempered glass is much harder than the steel blades so care must be taken when putting the blades away or you may damage your edge.
All in all a great set of knives that look and work great.
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