I got my knives today! Okay, that sentence made me sound more excited than I am. They are nice, yep. They seem to be high quality steel and workmanship. I just haven't used them (except to cut an apple), so I don't know if they're any better than what I had. I'll say this, though, the paring knife as-delivered was sharp - a step up from the Analon that was pretty dull.