Are you looking around and comparing knife sets? Looking for the best quality without having to pay hundreds or even thousands of dollars? Well hopefully I can help! Below you will find my most recent reviews for the range of Victorinox knife sets.
Knife Set Review: Victorinox 8-Piece With Block
Reviewer: Nicole Bailey
Best Features: Full range of the most popular styles, lifetime warranty
Best Place to Buy: Click here to find the best online price
A Knife Set With All The Right Tools?
The thing that frustrates me the most when looking for a decent knife set is that more often than not, 1/2 of the items in the set are knives or tools that you would hardly use. You’ll get a great chef knife, a filleting/slicing knife and maybe a bread knife, then an assortment of “paring knives” that look more like your average steak knife! Or like the last knife set I saw that had a sharpening steel so small I wouldn’t dare use it for fear of chopping my fingers off.
And to me, that’s the thing that really sets Fibrox knife sets apart. You get a really useful set of five knives including:
- 8 inch chef knife (you can see my individual review of this knife here)
- 6 inch boning knife
- 4 inch paring knife
- 10 inch slicing knife (I love a big slicer!)
- 8 inch bread knife (trust me, you’ll wonder how you ever lived without it if you’ve never owned one)
The knife set is rounded out with the final tools you’ll need to make your kitchen complete:
- 10 inch sharpening steel (FINALLY! A descent sized steel!)
- Kitchen shears
- Hardwood block (don’t ask me why they include this as part of the 8 pieces, everyone does)
I’ve spoken at length in my other reviews about the Fibrox range so I won’t repeat myself here. But to sum up, they feature an ergonomic, textured non-slip handle, high-carbon stainless steel stamped blade (very sharp) and a quite light weight and well balanced. You can check out the full details here-> Victorinox Knife Set
Oh and like all Victorinox knives, this knife set is covered by a full lifetime warranty.
Owner Reviews
I think the best way of discovering the real benefits of any product is to ask someone who owns and uses it! The first review is from a 70 year old retired French chef and I think this speaks volumes. These are just the first 2 reviews I came across. You can read all 43 reviews here.
“To a professional chef, no kitchen tool rivals a great set of knives. When learning my trade in Paris, France, I used only the finest Sabatier knives.“
“Suddenly, this 70 year old retired chef cut through decades of knife prejudice… the sharpness, balance, thin blade and heft brought joy to my kitchen again… and for a fraction of what I would usually pay!“
Sharp. Very sharp
“….They don’t have the thick back of most quality forged knives (these are stamped). They don’t have rosewood handles. They’re not made to pimp up your kitchen or match your mixer. They’re made for cutting things, and they do this exceptionally well.“
“I’d never understood how chefs managed some of the fast cutting they do: now, I get it. I’ve owned some pretty decent knives before, but these are something else entirely. For the price, if you’re serious about sharp, you can’t do better.“
Where to Buy This Knife Set
It’s no suprise to me that the best place I’ve found to buy Victorinox knife sets is at Amazon. The list price is around $275 but last I checked they had them at 49% off. That’s only $140 and in my opinion that’s a steal. You can click here to check out the latest price.
