A week after I got these knives, I was using one of them to cut a slice of gouda cheese. It's not like this should be a difficult task for a knife. However, the joint between the handle and blade completely failed and the knife broke in half. Obviously these are not full tang knives.I gave two stars instead of one because I still have 11 knives left, and it's not like I wasted a lot of money on it. But I'll have to be careful not to use these knives for anything that would put any kind of stress on the weak handle/blade joint.