Deluxe Universal Knife Block with Slots for Scissors and Sharpening Rod - Bamboo Knife Holder For Safe, Space Saver Knives Storage - Unique Slot Design to Protect Blades - by KITCHENDAO

Clever designing, the proper use of wood and plastic make a versatile knife block suitable for almost any kind of kitchen knife. I had just bought a set of steak knives that turned out to be much larger than I expected. Excellent knives I was loath to return them, but my wife declared we had no suitable storage and not another thing could be crammed on our counters without losing the ability to even make a PB&J sandwich.I search Amazon high and low and purchased this block that had generally good reviews. It is simply a rectangular empty block of wood with an inexpensive grate of black plastic. However, the wood is exceptionally attractive and the grate is colored black so you can’t readily tell it is plastic. It presents as a clean, simple block in the Scandinavian aesthetic of light woods of simple design.And lo and behold, the grate has numerous slots that accommodate many number of knives less than 9 inches in length. All of my steak knives fit and looked great. It also has a hole for a steel and a hole for kitchen/poultry shears — a real time saver eliminating searching in drawers. And its compact design with minimum footprint meant it fit in front of my cutting boards leaning against the backsplash. All I had to do was stand them up straight. I surprised my wife and kept her happy.

easy to use, keeps knives safely stored and good v alue

Excellent knife block. The undefined slots allow for total flexibility and inclusion of larger blades, not adequately accounted for in defined slot blocks. Very happy with this purchase - it's function, appearance, and small footprint. Works perfectly, and solved my knife storage challenges.

Great purchase! The only reason it doesn't get five stars is because the first one came with the wood split in a few spots.The return and a new one was fast and smooth

I’m usually not a fan of knife blocks but loved the look of this one and didn’t want to keep mine in a drawer anymore. I love that I can put the knives anywhere in the block and they’re well organized. It’s the perfect size to fit all my knives, kitchen scissors and I keep my meat thermometer in the knife sharpener slot so it’s handy while I’m cooking.

I finally have a place for all of my precision knives. My existing knife block is great for the set of knives that came with it, but this cool knife block lets you store any width blade in its slots. Now I can keep my fine Damascus blades from banging around and getting kicked or damaged. I love the efficient design of this knife block and that it doesn't take up much counter space. Good purchase!

Holding knives looks neat compact and does the job in style

I love this thing. It is great to be able to store whatever combination of knives I want without needing them to be specific sizes.If you are storing it under an upper cabinet it can be a little annoying that it isn’t tilted a little bit, but I’ve learned to tilt the knife as I pull it out so I don’t hit the cabinet. I think it’s worth the slight inconvenience to be able to store any combo of knives.