This was given as a wedding gift. The young bride tells me that the groom was very excited to receive it......as he does most of the cooking. She too appreciated it and they were looking forward to making good use of these new important tools. It's a great starter set. It has some of the tools that I've used for many years, as did my mother.
I bought this set for my daughter's birthday. We have used these knives with the aluminum handles for years. We tend to place all our utensils in the dishwasher so the aluminum handles did not do well. We replaced most of our Rada cutlery with the Black Resin handles which does very well in the dishwasher. They are the best knives I have ever used. I would recommend them to anyone.