20-Piece Knife Set with Honey Oak Block and Rocker Knife

This is Ronco's 20-piece knife set in a honey oak hardwood block, with high-carbon stainless steel blades, full-tang triple-riveted handles, six steak knives, two paring knives and the curved Ronco Rocker knife. It's a big set, built for a kitchen that wants a dedicated blade for most jobs instead of one knife doing everything.

Specifications

• Brand: Ronco
• Blades: high-carbon stainless steel
• Handles: full tang, triple riveted on every knife
• Knives: chef, bread, utility, boning, cleaver, Rocker, Showtime, saw, Sportsman, chop and serve, cheese, 2 paring and 6 steak knives
• Also included: kitchen shears
• Block: honey oak hardwood with labeled slots and 4 non-skid feet

Best for

• Outfitting a first kitchen, or replacing a drawer of mismatched knives in one purchase
• Fast vegetable prep with the Rocker, whose curved blade dices, chops and minces without leaving the cutting board
• Steak nights, with six matching steak knives in the block

Care

Dry each knife completely before it goes back in the block so moisture doesn't sit in the wooden slots. The set doesn't include a sharpener or honing steel, so plan on one; How to Sharpen a Kitchen Knife walks through keeping edges like these in shape.

Questions

How many steak knives come in the set? Six, plus two paring knives. The block's labeled slots make it easy to find the one you want.

What is the Rocker knife for? It has a curved blade you rock back and forth to dice, chop and mince without lifting the knife off the board.

Are the handles full tang? Yes. Every knife has a full-tang handle held with three rivets.

Does the block slide on the counter? It sits on four non-skid feet designed to keep it from sliding.