• Handle is a virtually indestructible composite, buffed by hand for a smooth finish and triple-riveted to the full tang for optimum strength and balance. • Dishwasher safe, but hand-washing is recommended. • Made in Solingen, Germany.

Part of the Culinar series of cutlery, the knife in this contemporary-looking carving set has blades constructed of the perfect balance of high-carbon stainless steel for strength and longer edge retention. The stain-resistant blade is hand-forged and hand-honed and then laser-ground and -polished from tip to bolster to ensure precision slicing. The knife in this set has excellent heft, owed to Wusthof’s signature weighted bolster. A full tang extends through the sleek 18/10 satin-finish stainless-steel handles of the knife and fork and are seamlessly encased so that the cutlery appears to be constructed of a single piece of metal. -Cristina Vaamonde.

This series combines the world’s most famous Henckels' blade (Four Star®) with an ergonomic molded handle. This perfectly proportioned handle has been created with a new open flow to accommodate each individual hand while improving convenience and safety for the user. The TWIN® Five Star line contains knives for all tasks, including the following open stock knife types: parer, bread, sandwich, carving, chef’s, santoku, and others. TWIN® Five Star knives are also available in a range of block sets and gift sets, to be sure that your cutlery needs are covered. A Higher Standard in Knife Construction TWIN® Five Star knives are precision forged from a single piece of exclusive-formula, high-carbon, no-stain steel under the all-new Sigmaforge standard. As a result, TWIN® Five Star knives have improved quality consistency, lasting sharpness, and perfect geometry. Sigmaforge one-piece construction also provides high precision and improved stability of the blade and steel structure, thus improving cutting-edge retention for lasting sharpness. In addition, TWIN® Five Star knives use J. A. Henckels’ Friodur ice hardening for corrosion resistance, a process that also contributes to cutting-edge retention. It's All in The Grip: The Five Star® series features high impact polypropylene handles that are permanently bonded to the knife blades without any gaps. These ergonomic handles are break-proof, sanitary, and colorfast. In addition, the super bolster provides weight, insures safety, and adds balance. Features: SIGMAFORGE 1-piece, precision forged construction: Provides perfect geometry, high precision, and improved stability of the blade and steel structure, thus improving cutting edge retention for lasting sharpness. Laser controlled edge: Is sharper and stays sharper longer. Has a more consistent blade angle. Friodur ice hardening: Maximum no-stain properties and more blade strength. Improved resistance to corrosion and pitting. Super bolster: Provides weight, insures safety, and adds balance. Full rat-tail tang: Provides a proper balance and greater strength. High-carbon no-stain steel, an exclusive J. A. Henckels formula: Non-staining, non-rusting. Hand, precision honed blade: Is sharper and stays sharper longer. Ergonomic designed handle: Safer and much more convenient in use. Polypropylene handles: Comfortable molded handles and food safe Dishwasher safe: Easy care (Although hand-washing is recommended by J. A. Henckels). Full warranty: J. A. Henckels stands behind all its knives.

Set includes: 10" Kullenschliff Roast and 12" Bayonet Fork.

NSF approved for professional use. Traditional Japanese styling. Lifetime Warranty. Slices of roast beef, ham, or turkey peel away thinly and evenly when cut with this elegantly long 9-inch slicing knife. A member of Shun's fabulous Elite collection, the knife features a sleek black PakkaWood handle, made of a hardwood-resin fusion, which showcases an inlaid traditional Japanese emblem and fine rings of copper and brass near the bolster. A distinctive flourish, called a "hamon," along the edge of the blade recalls the samurai swords once made in Seki City, Japan, where Shun Elites are handcrafted. Gift-boxed, this slicer makes an exceptional present near the start of the holiday season, when it can be put to regular use. Shun Elite knives stand out for their incredible sharpness, sharper even than Shun Classics, thanks to the newest powdered steel alloy known as SG-2. The process used to make SG-2 results in a fine-grained, very dense blend of ingredients that creates a smooth-as-silk knife edge. Shun edges are formed to an unusually keen 16 degree angle, which is one reason they're so prized among chefs who value uniformly thin slices, a necessity in Japanese cuisine. Covered by a lifetime warranty, Shun Elite knives should be washed and dried-carefully-by hand, and stored when possible in a wooden block to protect the blade. -Ann Bieri.

For balance, full tangs extend through the synthetic handles on both the knife and carving fork and are triple-riveted for strength. -Cristina Vaamonde.