Review of Chicago Cutlery Metropolitan 15-Piece Block Knife Set

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First these are made by a Chinese Company contracted to produce under and old American cutlery name so they aren't an American product . They are stamped steel . The metal in these knives is only fair in hardness and durability . The larger knives do a fair job but edge holding will not be a key point . If a cheap set of cutlery is what you can afford these are fair but there is Tramontina cutlery (many items produced in the U.S. too) which is a better cutlery and still cheap . I have had a set of those for 25 years and they are good cheap cutlery . The Steak knives in this set are a joke, get ready to sharpen them right out of the box . They do have comfortable handles though . I have used the screw driver on the shears to tighten screws on a couple cooking pans . I honestly bought these to take on picnics etc. and if one is lost I don't lose that much . If you can afford better I would recommend in stamped cutlery the Victorinox brand . Have those and although the blades are thin their heat treating and chill methods make a superior blade that's almost as good as a forged blade . They do cost a bit more though . I have tried to write a very honest review so hope it doesn't sound too negative . I do reside in Illinois and feel it's a shame a once great American cutlery company has become a basically a second rate company contracting it's products .

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For a very inexpensive knife set, these serve very well. The blades seem to stay sharp for a long time. We don't use the steak knives much because I have a set of those we like very well, but I use the kitchen shears frequently, as well as the paring knives and the 7 inch knife.

The kitchen shears are fantastic. I want to pick up a couple spare pairs. They wash very easily and I use them instead of a knife to cut up chicken breasts for tacos, on tortillas to make corn chips and anything else I can think of instead of using a knife!

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This seems to be a nice set for the money. The Partoku and Santoku seem to be lesser quality compaired to the rest of the set. They are thinner, lighter and more flimsy. However they are sharp and cut well. Will see if they hold-up as well as the others. Would have prefered the Chef and Slicing knives over them.

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This set of knives is wonderful! It has a knife for every occasion! I've had the set for awhile now, put it through the washer quite a few times and they still look as good as new! Haven't had to use the sharpener yet and the way these knives still cut through everything I don't think I'll have to for a long while!! Great buy, highly recommended.

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I'm not a professional chef by any means, but I know a good and bad knife when I see one. I trusted this knife set, based on my past experience with Chicago Cutlery and their reputation in general. Things have changed...

The blade on these knives are fantastic. I love the design of the blade, the weight/feel of it and they are very sharp. What really disappointed me are the handles on these knives. The handle is made of a very cheap plastic. I've had cheap, generic knife sets that had better quality handles. But the handle did not even come to the end of the full-tang blade. The end of the blade comes out just past the end of the handle, and mine had VERY sharp metal edges on the end of the blade. I could cut my finger on those alone.

I tried to convince myself that I was just being too picky, but then I decided "No... this is not what I expect from Chicago Cutlery", and returned them. I then ordered a set of Fine Edge Synergy knives from J.A. Henckels. WOW. THESE are knives. I paid $20 more, but that's nothing for the quality of the Henckels knives. I'm going to go write that review now... it'll be 5 stars.

Bottom line... if you don't care about the appearance or finishing touches on knives, these are very sharp, quality blades. Too bad they have such a cruddy handle attached.