Cuisinart Advantage 12 Piece Color Knife Set

The consequence of its sales model is that its knives aren’t available on retail shelves and are only sold through third-party retailers online, which raises concerns of fair prices and seller legitimacy. If you need to replace a knife in your Cutco collection, you may be scouring the depths of eBay and Craigslist to do so — likely at a markup. Most sets come with a storage wood block, but you may not want to use it if your kitchen is short on counter-space like mine. I prefer Japanese-style knives , which are sharp but quite fragile. Many other chefs prefer hard German steel (like Wüsthof and Zwilling, and J.A. Henckels), because they don’t chip as easily and are easy to sharpen.

This set also lacks a sharpener, but that’s not a deal-breaker since you can have your knives professionally sharpened or purchase an inexpensive sharpening tool separately. While the long paring knife wasn’t our favorite for off-the-cutting-board tasks like peeling apples, the set comes with two shorter knives that accomplished the task just fine. Our major complaint was the weird, wavy edge on the serrated utility knife. It wasn’t as functional as most of the utility knives we tested, and had trouble cutting dense items like hard cheese. If the knife set had included a regular utility knife, we might have ranked this set higher. Each knife in Cuisinart’s repertoire is part of a long history of Western culinary tools.

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Ergonomic and sharp, Enso is great for cooks that need quality knives to stand up to daily use. If you don’t cook a lot, or your meal prep isn’t very complicated, you can absolutely get away with a three-piece set. We also tested a similar set, the Cuisinart C77SS-15PK Stainless Steel Hollow Handle 15-Piece Cutlery Block Set , expecting it to be similar. Unfortunately, their performance fell far short of this set, unbalanced and not as sharp.

Once the item has been accepted it will be deemed to be the correct item and in good working condition. Any issues that arise after the item is signed for must be resolved through the manufacturer’s warranty. Bulk purchases of ten or more units of the same item purchased online in the same transaction where the total price exceeds $1,000.00.

This brand is unique in that you can purchase cutlery directly from its site, but one of our chief complaints is its lack of option for knife sets or discounts on essential duos. We appreciate gotham steel cookware sets how customizable Yoshirio has made its brand. You can get handles in three different shapes — D, octagonal, or round — and made of magnolia, rosewood, enju, hiba, yew, or ebony.