Ginsu Koden Series 14-Piece Cutlery Set with Black Block



A pretty decent knife set for the price

FIRST IMPRESSIONS – I’ve used many different kitchen knives and cutlery sets before, and one of the main problems with some of them is that they give you too many knives and they’re low quality. Most home cooks should be able to get by with a chef’s knife, paring knife, kitchen shears, and steak knives. I also have a tomato knife, a boning knife, and a bread knife in my personal collection. However I am a bit of a knife snob, so right away, I was looking for faults in the Ginsu knives. I replaced my regular knives with the Ginsus and used them for one month to evaluate their effectiveness.


SHARPNESS – Ginsu advertises these knives as “never needs sharpening.” This is a bit misleading. One would think that they never need sharpening because they are made of some type of fancy space-age steel that never dulls. Many knives make this claim, and you will notice that all of them are serrated. These knives are made of high carbon stainless steel. ALL knives will get dull…

Double Serrated Blades Are A Great Buy for Both Right And Left Handers

Douglas Quikut has made a very impressive set of Ginsu knives for the money. All but one of the knives are serrated on both sides for not just the sharpest cutting, but both right handed and left handed people can use these with equal skill. There are 14 pieces in this set- an attractive black wood knife block, kitchen shears and 12 stainless steel with stainless steel handled knives- 6 steak, paring, utility, boning, slicer, chef and santoku. All the knives never need sharpening, except for the large santoku knife, which is not serrated on both sides like the others.


These knives are made better than average, but they will not compare to a top of the line set, which for a set of 6 steak knives could cost over $100.00 alone. I have a set of very good steak knives where the blade is the entire length of the knife, being covered with a handle which is kept in place with silver dowel rods inserted into the blade. These knives are not like that, as the blades are inserted in…

In 2 years… They All Fall… apart

UPDATE: Sep. 29, 2013


After 21 months of use, most steak knives blades are in the process of separating themselves from their handles. The others, less used, are still holding together but may begin to fall apart soon. There is some kind of a plastic ‘cork’ and the handle end that falls off, then the handle can no longer hold the blade in place and the entire assembly falls apart.


Get these if you don’t expect to use them for more than a year. Otherwise, look elsewhere because ‘quality’ or ‘durability’ are what you give up in exchange for a low price.


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This is my first Ginsu set and I am pleasantly surprised for it not being as cheap as the price may suggest. While by no means ‘professional quality’ knives, the 12 knives plus shears make up for a decent, quite usable set that doesn’t make a significant dent into your bank account upon acquisition.


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