Of course this is gonna be well built when it comes from a reputable company. The pads are great to help with non-slipping. I wish the scissors slot was vertical as opposed to more of a square, this would give space for the handles of the knives on the side, and allow the scissors to tightly fit into its slot.
[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] Fits all my Zwilling knives plus some others. I needed a block that would fit my cleaver but was not sure if the smaller blocks offered could. I ended up filling up all the slots except for the kitchen shears.
[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] It had more available slots than other blocks that I considered. It’s pretty and will hold the set of knives that I recently purchased.
Spacing on block is not adequate for my Zwilling knives that have thicker handles. Also, finish on block is not a good as a previous block I owned. However, construction is solid.
Love the size and capacity of this block. Purchased another brand and it did not hold the shears and larger knives. This one is perfect and I have some additional slots for steak knives and others to add to my chef collection.
The fiance and I got this knife block to replace one that was falling apart. We have a small set of cooking knives, one of which is quite large. This knife block holds them all, with room to spare. Highly recommended.