If you really want the best kitchen knives I suggest you do some research on the internet first to figure out just what people are saying are the absolute best ones. And something I think is a lot of fun to do is look at catalogs that carry knives. It is one of the best ways to shop in my humble opinion. Think about it. No pressure from sales people or other customers getting in your way. Just you and pages full of nice brightly colored pictures and descriptions. And shopping on the internet for knives is the same exact way, I think. Plus on the web there is a much bigger selection because you can literally visit thousands of different web pages and find countless alternatives. So finding the best kitchen knives is really not that much of a challenge in this day and age of vast wealth and products.