After 3 weeks of searching for a blue knife set, this was what I found. Another 6 days of waiting for it to arrive had me drooling at the mailbox.The drool quickly dried up when I opened the package and found the block to be in 7 pieces. The top had shattered during shipment.Knives are good, solid piece, heavy with good balance. Unless of course they are rattling around in the back of a mail truck.Attempted to repair block with super glue to no avail.So, if you're gonna buy it........ buy it for the knives, not for the block (you know, the blue part)!!!!!!!!!!