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Brand: Calphalon
Category: Kitchen

List Price: ~~$299.99~~
Buy New: $249.95
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Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars

11 reviews
Sales Rank: 67449

Shipping Weight (lbs): 10.6
Dimensions (in): 16.6 x 10.6 x 7.1

MPN: KNS08V
Model: KNS08V
UPC: 016853026968
EAN: 0016853026968
ASIN: B000AAT6ZK

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Ergonomically designed handles, sharpens well, holds an edge February 2, 2006
5 out of 6 found this review helpful

The handle fits well in hand and the blade has good heft to make chopping, slicing and dicing easy. The blades hold their edge and sharpen well. The set has most all the knives you'll ever need, though I added a bread knife to complete the set. Small downside is the blades stain easily if you leave them out unwashed. The manufacturer recommends washing and drying immediately after use. If they do stain, there are various polishing products to bring them back to looking new. All in all a great set.

5 out of 5 stars

My Klingon Kitchen Knives January 15, 2006
5 out of 5 found this review helpful

Couldn't resist the design, but to try these out first bought the 8" chefs bargain and then fell in love with the feel as well as the look and got the set with the storage block. Plan to expand to what is still missing (esp the honesuki and nikiri)
I find the handles a very comfortable fit, and the blades are so well balanced that I don't find them tiring at all. The parer is a precision instrument, and I love the santoku (both sizes). The sharpener is exactly that: so use with care and keep a honer handy as well for in between touch up. I used the small utility for getting every last bit of meat off of a turkey carcass after Christmas -- think the small honesuki might be even better for this task -- but the utility did a superb job and was easy on the wrists -- I find the short handles make for more finesse in handling and the knife seems to "go" where I want it more easily.
Not everyone will find these to their taste, but I think they are great!

5 out of 5 stars

Wonderful Knives!! January 14, 2006
6 out of 7 found this review helpful

I bought this full set after Christmas, and have been extremely pleased. I have small hands, but they fit very well and feel very comfortable. They are a little heavier than some other knife brands but not enough, to me, to cause any difficulties. In fact, I like the solid feel that I get when using them. They are incredibly sharp and have done everything I've asked of them with no problems. I'm looking forward to adding on to the set!

4 out of 5 stars

8" chef works well November 15, 2005
9 out of 14 found this review helpful

This is pretty much the same review I wrote for the 8" chef. I liked that knife well enough that I'm considering buying the block set, though I don't know if the handle design will work well for smaller knives. I'd give the set five stars because it includes no knives that are too stupid or too specialized (like boning knives and bread knives and slicers) for a basic knife kit (especially for home cooks) but the inclusion of laughably dubious kitchen scissors drags it down a bit.

A 6" chef is probably marginally more useful than a 6" utility, but it's nice to have at least one knife you're willing to hand to your less skilled friends. The set also includess a diamond hone, which will actually sharpen knives, not just align their edges (though I use a DMT diamond hone for sharpening.)

And here's the body of the other review.

Since I was planning to spend a few days in a commercial kitchen, and my 6" Henckels knives are both embarrassingly small for serious work and embarrassingly dull because I'm too lame to sharpen them, I decided to grab the 8" chef's knife (at Bed, Bath & Beyond, with a 20% off coupon.)

It worked extremely well for all the tasks I set it to today, including mincing parsley and chiffonading mint as well as the usual cutting tasks. Despite its shallow curve (I strongly prefer knives whose edges are mostly straight, rather than the curved French style) the blade rocked very well for mincing, and was flat enough to cut completely through the rolled mint leaves in one short stroke. Furthermore, the sharpness impressed the other people who used it, though we shall have to see if it can be REsharpened to the same degree.

The handle design is clearly not for everyone, but I found it very comfortable when I held the knife as many cooks do, with the back end of the blade pinched between thumb and forefinger(s). In particular, most knife handles/bolsters seem to be designed for people who grip knives solely by their handles but the integrated bolster made it feel *right* to grip the knife at the blade. The handle *seems* to be just the right weight to balance the blade, but I'll reserve judgment on whether it actually IS that well-balanced until I've spent more than a few hours using it.

I have no idea if I'll continue to like this knife as it enters daily use. I hope that Amazon will let me revise my rating later if it turns out to be overly optimistic, but based on this one afternoon's use (and since they force me to rate it) I gave the 8" chef five stars.

4 out of 5 stars

Love them! October 9, 2005
4 out of 6 found this review helpful

I would disagree with the previous review. I loved these knives! My wife even uses them and says how easy to hold they are. The bolster design work perfect for holding a knife the correct way up at the top of the bolster where the blade begins. If you hold them by "pinching" there and letting the handle rest in your hand it's very comfortable.
They seem very well balanced.
The design of the layers of steel looks great. They really give a destinct look to these knives.
I'll be buying more of this set.

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