Product Description

This KitchenAid 16 Piece Fine Edge Forged Cutlery Set comes in a traditional natural wood block. The strong, durable blades are made from a high-carbon stainless steel. The contoured handles are made from Dupont Delrin and have a comfortable grip. The knives are rounded with soft blade backs, which make them easy on your hands. The set includes a chef knife, slicer, bread knife, utility knife, parer, sharpener, kitchen shears, 8-steak knives and traditional wood block. Also available in black.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #91060 in Kitchen & Housewares
• Color: Red Handles
• Brand: KitchenAid
• Model: KA1PR16TN
• Dimensions: 14.38" h x 6.25" w x 11.75" l,

Features

• High carbon stainless steel blades
• Full tang construction
• Perfectly balanced and weighted
• Razor sharp cutting edge
• Comfortable Grip with fully contoured handles

Customer Reviews

Better than what I had, Not bad for the price
We received a gigantic wood-base set of Basic Essentials brand knives for our wedding two years ago, and by now they are all discolored and rust-spotted and icky-looking despite only hand-washing them and trying to be careful with them. So we decided to try this set out when we saw it at this great sale price. I have a lot of other KitchenAid stuff, so I figured it was a good buy. Here are my thoughts:

PROS:
- KitchenAid brand
- Good assortment of USEFUL sized knives (the last gargantuan set had literally 5 or 6 knives that were so bizarre or unwieldly in size or shape that we never used them once, like this weird little hooked cheese knife, or this GIGANTIC butcher knife - everything seemed to be too big or too small, so I'd feel ridiculous using a huge knife to cut a tomato or something)
- Full-tang cutlery (except the steak knives) that is well-balanced and comfortable to hold without fear of slippage
- The smaller compact size of the block, and that it has spaces for all the steak knives as well as the scissors and blade sharpener
- The block is also visually appealing with the KitchenAid logo, if you're into that kind of thing

CONS:
- Steak knives are not really serrated (which could be a good or bad thing I guess), though they are sharp
- Steak knives are not full-tang, they are just a blade top inserted into a plastic base, but they don't feel loose, so hopefully they will withstand the test of time
- Block was a little disappointing looking; even though it is a nice compact size, it does not swivel like my old base, the holes for the knives go all the way through to the bottom of the base (which makes me think if I dropped it it would probably fly apart), and you can see wood glue that seeped out into the knife slots where it was put together. I will probably try to sand this down so as to avoid scratching the surface of the knives, as others have commented. Also, ours came with a strange light highlighter-yellow stain on the front, which I guess is not a terrible thing, but it was unexpected and a little disappointing. Hopefully I can get it off, if not, I guess I can live with it since it's not too visible once the knives are in there.

Overall, the knives are sharp and seem well-made, they come with a useful selection of sizes and blade types, and the base makes it convenient.

Quality knife set
I had been using old, dull knives to cut vegetables, meat, bread and everything else. I wanted to treat myself to a nice knife set, so I picked this one. I'm blown away by this set! The weight is perfect for chopping and the blades are nice and sharp. The funky red color looks cute in my kitchen too. The only negative is they're not dishwasher safe, but luckily they do clean easily by hand. Overall, I'm thrilled to finally have a knife set to be proud of.

REVISED: At the time I purchased this knife set, Amazon was having a problem picturing the correct set. They had mixed up the images with this set and the KitchenAid KA1PR16N Cook's Series knife set. It looks like Amazon has finally sorted out the problem.

A "cut above" of what you might expect ...
This is NOT your typcal budget cutlery set...
The price does not reflect the quality of the actual product. This is one of the best values in cutley I've ever seen. I own sets that have cost me alot more $$, but NOT of the same quality for the money that I have spent. The edge retention of the steel, as well as the fit and finsh make this set worth every penny invested. If you want a set of cutlery that will withstand daily/home use and continue to give the expected performace you can rely on, this is the answer. On the other hand, if you want "trophy/display" cutlery, keep looking.. and be prepared to spend alot more. If my set were lost, damaged, or stolen today, I would be back on the Net tomorrow reordering this same thing. Even though cutlery/knife storage blocks are usually a sidebar to the sets themselves, this one is well thought out. With the knife slots in a horizontal, instead of the typical vertical position, removal and reinsertion of the knives are somewhat easier and appear to have less of a dragging/dulling effect on the cutting edges. The quality of the wood and the attention to detail make the block worth what I've spent on the entire package (cutlery and block). GJM