D. Landers
5 mei 2025
Good Knife Set made of German 4116 Stainless Steel, which is a low-end but well performing Martensitic Stainless Steel. It is considered the highest grade low-end steel for its corrosion & material properties being slightly less hardness (56 HRC (hardness Rockwell C-scale) compared with higher grade 400-series Stainless Steels in the ~60 HRC range which hold an edge better/longer, but that comes with a much higher price tag.For sets like these with lower-end stainless, I recommend just hand-washing them so you don't end up getting rust on the blade from washing machines which typically does to a lot of knives. The case is nice to have, with the different blade lengths and types of cutting edges, it's not the best of designs since the tips occasionally may have come out of the protector. They stay put if you strap the velcro around the handle well enough, but wish they had extended the tip protector more to prevent that from happening.The last thing I can say is that these knives are VERY sharp! Kind of an obvious thing for fillet knives, but I have had some cheaper Rapala and other knives that were definitely not THIS sharp. The handles seem to be well designed & manufactured, the grip is rubbery and has good grip on it, even with wet hands. Wash these by hand and you should be able to keep them in service for trimming meat and filleting fish, etc. for quite a long time. One test I did that gave me favorable results is that it cuts very tender meat, in this case, antelope and quail trimmings when they were thoroughly thawed and warmed up closer to room temperature during seasoning & preparing for the smoker/grill. This meat is a very tender filet and is easier to cut while partially frozen, but it cuts very easily even in this very soft state. Used them about a half dozen times, but based on what I've seen they should hold up well with hand-cleaning preserving their finish.