I like Paderno products and I bought these knives a few weeks ago with great hope but unfortunately, they greatly disappointed me. I have no problem with the blades, and actually I like their sharpness and the edge curve very much. Of course, I have not worked with the blades long enough to comment about the steel quality but all together they seem very fine. But the handles are a different story, a huge failure. Mostly I used the chef knife and in my experience First, the handle look very cheap. Second, apparently, the handle is designed for smaller hands (female hands probably) so if you have bigger hands, it is not easy to work with them at all. Finally, and most importantly the handle has no grip, and if your hand is slightly wet or oily it would be really hard to work with the knives. Imagine using a very sharp knife while your hand is feeling slippery and uncertain, it is not a pleasant mental experience that I didn't have even with my old cheap Henckel knives.