Meridian elite 3000 Series Gourmet Set includes 3 12 parer, 6 utility knife, 8 chef's knife, 9 scalloped bread or vegetable knife, and a 10 sharpening steel. Stylish metal wire block. One peice fully forged. High carbon no stain molybdenum vanadium tool steel. Hand polished elite edge. Riveted polyoxymetholene handle. Handsome Messermeister, Germany Solingen logo on blades. Bolsterless edge. Hand polished edge. Rockwell hardness 56 57. High carbon no stain molybdenum vanadium tool steel. Riveted POM Polyoxymetholene handle.