Product Description

The Wusthof 9 slot block is made of beechwood and will hold one cooks knife and a kitchen shear in the base.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #4630 in Kitchen & Housewares
• Brand: Wüsthof
• Model: 7250-1
• Dimensions: 8.00" h x 5.00" w x 12.00" l,

Features

• european beechwood
• Will hold shear
• rubberized base for secure storage

Amazon.com Review
Just the right size for a starter collection, this 9-slot Wüsthof knife block stores your knives and keeps them at the ready. The block is crafted from solid oak with a lightly textured finish and richly grained appearance. It holds up to seven knives, as well as a pair of kitchen shears and a sharpening steel for knife maintenance. Wüsthof also includes rubberized feet to keep the block from slipping and to protect your counter surface. --Emily Bedard

Customer Reviews

Good basic block
The Wusthof 9 slot knife block is of beechwood, a softer European hardwood. It takes up about 4"x9" of counter space, with maybe an inch of overhang in the front. Its slots are as follows, from top to bottom:

- wide slot for a chef's knife of up to 10" (25cm) blade length
- square hole for a sharpening steel of up to 10" (25cm) length
- two slots for narrower knives of up to 8.5" (22cm) length, such as a carving knife and a bread knife
- moderately wide slot for a knife of up to 8" (20cm) length; this slot is not wide enough for a full size chef's knife, but did fit my 5.5" (14cm) mini chef's knife, and would also fit a boning knife
- narrow slot, 8" (20cm) long; however, this slot will not fit most 8" knives and seems designed for the Wusthof 6" (16cm) "sandwich" knife
- two small slots, 7" (18cm) deep; these are too narrow for the sandwich knife, and seem designed for the paring knife and the utility knife
- short slot for kitchen shears; I don't know exactly how long this is because it doesn't go all the way through, but it works fine for my Wusthof kitchen shears

I used this block for over a decade, at which point it was replaced because I finally accumulated more Wusthof knives than would fit in this block. After all those years it was slightly dingy because I'd never washed it, and had developed a slight crack on one side that did not affect its utility (and which I only noticed when I pulled it out to measure the slot lengths for this review). It's a good basic knife block for a typical kitchen.

Good basic storage block, but not beechwood
This is a decent storage block. However, based on 10 years experience working with wood I can say that this is not made of beechwood. It's some type of tropical wood. Beechwood is a classic choice for European storage blocks, butcher blocks etc and has a more redish appearance and distinctive grain (for example, see the pictures of the larger Wustoff blocks). This product gets the job done, but the description is incorrect.

Wusthof knife block
This is a solid and tidy block as expected and nicely priced. However, it can accommodate only two of the three Wusthof knives I've collected so far. It has only one slot for the larger chef knife; all other slots are for much smaller, paring-sized knives. Wish I had just bought a basic set with block and knives included, guaranteed to fit.