I purchased this set because I needed a new santoku and paring knife. We both love the santoku knife, but the paring knife is very lightweight and doesn’t have the heft I would have liked. Both knives are very sharp and are very versatile - just one of them is slightly less good than the other.

The feel of these knives is not impressive. Very light and a they feel a little cheap. Maybe this is the characteristic of Asian knives. I’m no expert. I wouldn’t buy them again.

First WUSTHOF purchase for our son who’s now living on his own. He was very excited after using ours for many years. He found out how sharp these knives are when he nicked himself while slicing some meat!

Love these knives. They’re super lightweight and super sharp! Will be looking to get more and replace all of my knives.

This is an update to my initial review that I one gave 1 star to. Quick recap I bought this set as the Santoku is my favorite knife and I was just turned on to Wusthof when I was gifted a Gourmet Chef's Knife and fell in love. So the order comes in and there's an issue with the paring knife as the handle is separating into 3 parts so I contacted CS Dept and short story I was practically told I was lying and hung up and so I was happy and also I bought this for the Santoku so I just tossed the paring knife in the trash and called it a loss. Several days later I get an email asking for a review to I did an honest one and explain what happened, to my surprise literally less than 24hrs I get an email from Donna Hollis from customer support apologizing for what transpired and wanted to make it right and immediately mailed out a brand new paring knife and sent all the order info again with 24hrs so needless to say she saved a customer simply by understanding and making things right all while treating each other with respect. So of course I love my Santoku and the new paring knife if great, but Donna handingly of the situation alone changed from review from a 1 to 4! The knifes are amazing already got a collection!