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Giveaway: Shenzhen Knives

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This giveaway has ended. I’ll announce the winner on Sunday!

I‘m back for another Home for the Holidays giveaway! We’ve got 15 giveaways across the entire network this week—all great gift ideas, perfect for the holidays.

Today I’m featuring a practical gift that has made a difference in my kitchen. I know it will be a pleasant addition to one lucky winner’s kitchen as well.

I’m giving away a three piece ceramic knife set and a vegetable peeler from Shenzhen Knives! The winner will receive it just in time to use for all that upcoming holiday cooking.

Read on to learn more about these knives and how you can win.

If you, like me, are mainly used to steel blades, these white ceramic knives will look different initially. Each set comes in a padded case to keep them secure, and you can continue to store them there or in a knife block.

I was a bit skeptical about how the ceramic blades would work, but the difference was clear immediately. They were much sharper than the knives we’d been using for years. My husband and kids, when helping with chopping onions and other veggies, commented about how easy these are to use.

My kids have especially enjoyed the vegetable peeler–in the past they found our other peeler cumbersome and usually left the job up to me. This one they could use with no problem.

What makes a ceramic knife different from a metal one? Well, ceramic knives are made out of zirconium oxide. The ceramic blade undergoes high-pressure molding before being fired. Then it is ground and polished on a diamond wheel to form the ceramic blade’s edge and attached to the knife handle — giving a very hard edge that rarely needs sharpening.

One thing to remember, that we learned the hard way, is that these knives need to be used with either a wooden or plastic chopping board. Using them on glass will dull them more quickly or may result in chipping. Luckily we switched over to our plastic board without any damage to the knives. (Note to self: Always read instructions first!)

Ceramic blades will not rust. Their chemical inertness to both acids and alkalis and their ability to retain a cutting edge far longer than forged metal knives makes them a very good culinary tool for slicing and cutting through boneless meat, vegetables and fruits.

Shenzhen Knives provides high quality ceramic knives at an extremely affordable price by cutting out layers of distributors and doing the majority of their marketing online, enabling them to pass on savings directly to the consumer.

One Simple Homeschool reader will win a 3-piece ceramic knife set and a vegetable peeler from Shenzhen Knives!

How to win

Everyone has two chances to win. Here’s how:

1. Comment on this post, answering this question: How old are the knives you currently use in your kitchen?

2. For an extra entry, ‘Like’ Simple Homeschool and Shenzhen Knives on Facebook. Then come back and leave another comment here, telling me you did so.

This giveaway has ended. We’ll announce the winners of all the holiday giveaways at the end of the week.

About Jamie C. Martin

Jamie is an introverted mom of three, who loves books, tea, and people (not always in that order), and avoids answering the phone when possible. She co-founded SimpleHomeschool.net in 2010 and began IntrovertedMoms.com in 2020.

Jamie is the author of four books, including Give Your Child the World (reached #9 on Amazon's Top 100 Best Sellers list), and her latest release, Introverted Mom (an ECPA bestseller). Her work has been featured by LeVar Burton of Reading Rainbow, the Washington Post, Parents, Today Parenting, and Psychology Today.

Reader Interactions

Comments

  1. Fiona

    My set of knives is only about a year old – it’s mostly steak knives, though – not nice cutting knives. =P

  7. Sabrina

    I actually am not sure how old our knives are…maybe 15 years or so? Would love to win these for my parents!

  15. Pam

    Oh, my, we have a couple of knives owned by by 65 y/o husband’s grandfather & then there’s those that we were given we when got married. Thanks for the opportunity!

  20. Kristin L.

    Too old and brand new. We recently decided to get a new set of knives as our old wooden handled knives were too old and showing their age. We purchased a new set and I’m not in love with them. I’m still holding onto the old. Thank you for introducing us to Shenzhen Knives and for the great giveaway!

  21. Kristin L.

    I like Shenzhen Knives and Simple Homeschool on Facebook! I didn’t know Shenzhen Knives is in Hawaii. We are in Hawaii too. 🙂

  27. Lauren

    We got most of our knives when we were first married 8 1/2 yrs ago. I have a couple santoku knives that are 3 or 4 yrs old that we really like tho. These look awesome! Thank you for the chance at the giveaway!

  28. Sheila

    I have a mixed set of knives from over the years. The main set is about 10 years old and I added a couple more a few years back. I sharpen them on a somewhat reglar basis but I’m sure these ceramic knives are much better.

  30. Erin

    We got our current knife block set for our wedding, which was 9 years ago! These look great! Thanks for a chance to win!

  31. Erica Cosminsky

    I don’t have one full set of knives. I have two that match that I was given as an engagement gift in 2004. The knifes have worked great, the engagement didn’t. I had one ceramic knife that I bought in 2008 when I moved, but I broke it a few weeks ago. (Note: don’t drop these blade down on a cement floor.)

  39. thecoolmom

    All my knives are pretty old (15-20?) except one Santoku knife a bought year before last. I have been seeing the ceramic knives everywhere and wondered if they were really good or not. Thanks for doing the review. I’m interested to try them now.

  42. Tara S

    I have one awesome ceramic knife that is less than a year old. The rest of my knives are between 5-10 years old. Would love to win and update my artillery!

  43. Erin

    Got the knives I use in my kitchen a couple years before I got married. So they must be about 14 years old. What a great giveaway!

  46. Lori Santimaw

    My knives are almost 17 years old. We got them as a wedding gift! Liked “Simple Homeschool” on FB.

  47. liza

    I use one santoku knife (i am a bit of a minimalist) that I bought 5 and a half years ago.
    It was from a high end store with a french name.
    I just took it to be sharpened in April, and they told me it was in great shape
    and didnt really need more than a light touch,
    but it just doesnt work anymore.
    Would like to try something really different, but how do you sharpen a ceramic knife?

  50. Amy

    Our knives are only around 8 years old, but only one of them is actually sharp enough to cut anything substantial. 🙂 These knives would be wonderful!

  52. sue

    Our knives are 10 years old. I often think I need to invest in some good knives but never get around to spending all that money that knives cost. I would love to win these!!!

  57. Lindsay

    I can’t say how old they are…..I just know they don’t do anything!!! We have one good knife we just bought, but other than that, we are in desperate need!

  63. Ilse

    They are at least 5-1/2 years old, but some are indefinitely older–bought secondhand before I got married.

  65. Sara

    My knife set is a little over 19 years old. It was a bridal shower gift. Thanks for the information on ceramic knives. I had no idea there was even a difference.

  66. DianeS

    My current knives are actually very new. However we are a family of cooks and I know someone that these are perfect for.

  69. Melissa M

    My knives are about 7 years old. People always laugh when they see them because they’re the kind you see in Subway sandwich shops (little blades, colored handles…). Anyway, a new set would be such a blessing!!

  70. Tammy

    Our knives are probably 7 years old. So definitely needing some new ones, as it is hard to find good, quality knives.

  72. Melissa L.

    The youngest knife in my kitchen was purchased in 2002. Most of them were from my childhood, and some are older than me. I need all the encouragement I can get to work in the kitchen, these knives seem ideal.
    Melissa L.’s latest post: What is kid-friendly?

  73. Belinda B

    I need new knives!! Mine are hand me down knives which I have had for about ten years. I know they are much older than that! Mine have wood handles and they are coming apart!

  75. Elizabeth

    I had my knives before we married so 12 years. I have Ben asking for them to be sharpened for 3 yeas now. 🙁

  78. Nancy

    I was just telling my husband it was time to invest in new knives! We visited friends over Thanksgiving, and I was amazed at how much easier it was to chop things at their house!! Their knives are actually sharp!

  79. Darla

    My knives are only 2-3 years old, because I got fed up with poor quality and bought Wusthof’s. Good tools always make such a difference.

  83. sarah

    we got our knives from my mom when we moved into our house 6 years ago. She got them when she was with my dad. so I would assume they are like 25 years old.

  84. J M

    New knives are on my wish list! Most of the ones I had bit the dust. The few that are left are cheap ones bought 12 years ago.

  87. Tammy

    Most of my knives are about 11 years or older (how long I’ve been married), though I have some that are older, and a few that are newer. I’d love to win this giveaway! Thank you for the chance!

  91. Phyllis

    My knife set is about 10 years old but I was using a knife the other day that my husband used in college! I would like to have these knives so I can say “zirconium oxide” a lot.

  92. Abby

    Our knives are 5 years old. They were a wedding gift, and I didn’t know anything about cooking when I registered for them! But now I’m ready for an upgrade. 🙂

  94. yvette

    OLD…they were my mother’s chef knives from many, many years ago. I could use a little new “blood”!!

  99. Shelley R.

    Well, our set of knives were my mother and father-in-laws first set in the early 70s. So, they are at least 38 yrs old, if not more!

  102. Rebecca

    Got my knives for a wedding present. Cheap knives that are 13.5 years old! Yikes!
    Thanks for the contest!

  108. jennifer

    We received our knives for a wedding gift 7 years ago and they are wonderful, although I don’t sharpen them often enough. It’s been said that a sharp knife is actually safer than a dull one.

  111. Amber Walters

    My knives are only a couple of Christmases old but I have sharpened and resharpened my chef’s knife so many times in that short period! These look really neat!

  116. Michele

    Mine are about 5 years old. I was tired of the cheapie ones I had from my single days. My mom’s knives are as old as I am (36!).

  120. mimi

    my favorite knife is just two years old while the rest were from our wedding 8 years ago. i love a good sharp knife and these look lovely!

  121. Amanda

    Our knives are about 10 years old and they were really poor quality to begin with. Some of them have broken. So now we have a hodge podge of knives!

  123. John T Webb

    I use both traditional knives by Forschner and a pair of ceramic paring knives. My metal knives need to be professionally sharpened about once a year. My ceramic knives are slightly more than ten years old, are just as sharp now as they were brand new. I can still split hairs with them, although my sight is not quite as good as it was then.

  124. Jennifer

    Our knives are only four years old, but they’re very poor quality. I’ve been wanting to upgrade for quite some time.

  126. Mama B

    How old are my knives? Some are a few years old, some are about a decade and a half old, while others, which belonged to my husband’s Oma, are too old for me to date. Remarkably, they are also the sharpest knives I have and keep their edge the best.
    Mama B’s latest post: If My Inspiration Returns

  129. Merri

    My knife set isn’t that old, they were a wedding gift, so only 7 1/2 years, but I’m a knife junky, so I have a drawer full that are older and newer, too. No ceramic blades, yet, though!

  131. Elizabeth F

    The knives I am using now I got 13 years ago. I could use a couple of nice ones for the holidays.

  133. Jen

    what a great giveaway. our knives are a bit of a mish mosh – one nice one, lots of oldies… this set would be a very welcome addition!

  135. mdvlist

    Most of my knives are as old as my marriage, 9 years. I don’t want to comment, however, on how long it has been since any of them were properly sharpened . . . .

  139. Jaclyn

    My current knives are going on 6 years old…this Saturday to be exact (it’s my wedding Anniversary). Most have broken or been lost in a one of many moves. I have been looking at ceramic knives so when I saw this I knew I had to enter!

  146. Caroline Cebula

    About 9 years old, they are Henckles, but I would love to check the difference of a ceramic blade, I do sharpen mine quite a lot.

  148. Tiffani

    Our knives are nearly 18 years old now! Some of them much older because we inherited some from our grandmothers.

  149. Hillary

    I *love* ceramic knives! I was first introduced to them 12 years ago when traveling in India. I registered for two ceramic knives for my wedding and they have been awesome. Only trouble is we just recently lost one. (How do you lose a knife?) and the paring knife’s tip broke off.

    I would love, love, love to win this set.

    Besides being amazingly sharp, I love the clean taste it leaves when cutting raw veggies for salad etc. I notice quite a difference.

  162. Jonalynn

    My knives are only a few years old, but I’ve never been happy with them. Been considering a replacement. These could be the answer

  165. Katie

    Like lots of other commenters, my knives were wedding presents. I didn’t appreciate them at the time (5 years ago) and 2 years ago was more than pleasantly surprised to pull them out of a cabinet and realize what I had been missing. They have gotten a heavy workout since then!

  166. Sara

    I’m not too sure how old our knives are…over a decade is my best guess! Would be lovely to have some nice new ones!

  169. Melissa

    My current knives are about four years old…and I haven’t liked them since about day two…would love different/better knives!

  170. Jenn

    I was just telling my husband that I would really love some new knives in the kitchen, but that I should NOT get them as a Christmas gift since they’re more of a “household appliance” than a personal gift for ME. So I would love to WIN these knives and eliminate the whole gifting issue altogether! My knives are hand-me-downs from my sister’s kitchen when I got married, 11.5 years ago. I honestly do not know how old they are!
    Jenn’s latest post: Five on Friday: A Week to Give Thanks

  176. ElizabethL

    Most of my knives are about 10 years old (wedding shower present) although we have gotten a few since then to fill out the set. Would love a few more but good knives are so expensive.

  177. Chloe

    Our knives are only about five years old, but when we got them I had no idea how much time I’d be spending in the kitchen. Every time I have to cut something softer, like tomatoes, I swear I’m going to upgrade them!

  178. Jennifer

    My were a wedding gift for my parents.
    They are nearly 40 years old and heavy!
    I like the thought of having knives my kids could handle!

  181. Ruthie

    15 years old; got them for a wedding present, and I’ve very much wanted new ones. Thanks for the giveaway!

  182. Debra

    Ummmmm…. I cannot remember how old my knives are. I guess that isn’t a good sign! I love to cook and bake and use them daily.

    Thank you for the chance 🙂

  185. Maridyth

    The oldest is about 6 years old (I haven’t been married very long). For our wedding, we received a ceramic knife, and it is certainly my husband’s favorite. I would love to win this set, because they are amazingly sharp!

  187. Acacia

    My best knife is over 20 years old. I received it as a wedding present for my first marriage! The matching chef knife went with my ex. I sure miss that knife. It would be AMAZING to win some wonderful new knives. I’ve never had the opportunity to even try a ceramic blade, but have been interested in them for years.

  189. Nicole

    My knives are a mis-matched collection, as old as 13 years (from my wedding 🙂 I can deal with the knives I have until it’s time to process any meat. We are big hunters and processing game is such a pain with icky knives. I would LOVE to have new ones, but they are so expensive. It never seems like a good way to spend money. Thanks for the opportunity to win….I’ll keep my fingers crossed.
    Nicole’s latest post: Never underestimate the power of play

  197. Margery Hilburn

    My favorite knives in my kitchen are 20 years old, but a few belonged to my grandparents before the passed away, so there is NO TELLING how old they are!

  199. Mary S.

    10 or so years? I don’t really remember exactly when I got them but I have been using them for a while now.

  200. Meg

    The knives I currently use were bought on a black friday sale before my daughter was born so at least 5 years ago.

  201. kristy

    hmmmm…. my dad gave me a knife set about 5 years ago, I think?, but I still have knives from wedding showers, 21 years ago, too…. 🙂
    blessings.
    kristy’s latest post: advent

  202. Cecilia

    Our two good knives were wedding gifts, so 12 years old. The others are older, or yard sale purchases.

  203. Sarah P

    My knives are about 8 years old. They are from IKEA and not the best quality. New knives would be awesome!

  208. Katie N

    Our knives are mostly six years old (gifts from our wedding). But, my favorite huge watermelon slicing knife is older than me (as it came from my parent’s kitchen).

  209. Georgia

    we received a “average” set for our wedding 1 1/2 years ago. I don’t think they are that great, so I would enjoy having this knife set!

  213. sandy

    Our most used knife is one my parents passed on to me in the early days of my marriage. It’s a no name brand, but cuts better than anything we have.

  217. Sharon

    My oldest is about 30 years, my newest about a year. I finally purchased an electric knife sharpener — makes all the difference in the world!

  220. Jen

    My knives are 9 years old but they were cheap and now I’d be better off trying to cut things with a butter knife.

  226. Hanna DeMaster

    I’m not sure how old our knives are – they’re a hand-me-down from my mother… I would love to win some knives that actually cut things!

  228. Jen

    I have no idea how old the oldest one is – my husband had it before we were married. The bulk of the rest we got when we married….about 10 years ago.

  231. susan

    they are so old, I can’t even recall. We throw them away when the handles break or it gets too rusty to use.

  232. Sandy

    I have one Pampered Chef knife that is about 2 years old and the rest were passed down from family….upwards of 12 years!

  236. Tori Palmer

    My favorite knife, that will cut through everything even bone, (but needs to be replaced) Is almost 9 years old!

    It was a gift from my husbands grandma.

  237. Terri Sue

    my knives are 25 years old and were not a good brand when we bought them. the only good knife i own is one i remember from my childhood. i can get it sharp, unlike the others, but it doesn’t hold it’s blade for long. i could really use some GOOD knives.

  247. Alicia

    Well, our knives are about as old as our tenure in this house….14 years. They are still ok but I would love to give these knives to my brother, who is just getting started as a small restaurant chef/owner in a tough market (rural Oklahoma). I know he would cherish these and put them to good use!

  252. Amy

    Mine are three years old, but need to be sent away for sharpening, so these would be a great replacement. I would share with my mom, who does the same thing!

  264. Amber DeGrace

    My main knife is a 5″ and I purchased it two years ago from Pampered Chef. The tip broke off less than a year from when I purchased it. My other knives (two paring knives) are all cheapies from somewhere. For the amount of cooking I do, it may be criminal to have no quality knives!

  273. DeAnn

    I just found your site. I’m a grandma getting ready to start homescooling my granddaughter starting Jan 2nd. I homescooled my first child over 33 years ago and am looking forward to doing so again.

    What a great giveaway. Many of the knives in my kitchen are as old as my first child, others at least 7 to 8 years old.
    Thanks

  276. Audrey

    All but one of our knives are 15 years old, the other one is only a couple years old and gets used the most!

  278. Kelly Marriott

    Oh my word – mine are too old to even count. I’ve had them since back in the day. Thanksgiving cooking made me think I may need some new ones.

  281. Elizabeth B

    Thankfully mine aren’t that old–only about 2 years. But if I win, I’d give these to my mother in law. Her knives are about 25 years old!

  283. Angel

    My knives are 2 years old.

    After staying at my in-laws for a year, we moved in to our condo 2 years ago. I bought my first set of knives block, but they are not the best (I don’t really have experience with buying knives). I would love to win these and be able to say, I have increased my knowledge in knives buying and have tried ceramic knives ^_^

  287. bethany

    My steak knives came with my hubby when we were married and neither of us know the brand or how old, they are so worn. Thank you so much for the chance to replace them! 🙂

  289. Betzina Y

    I “liked” both ‘Simple Homeschool’ & ‘Shenzhen Knives’ on fb! And I truly DO like you both!!

  293. Angel

    Liked Simple Homeschool!
    Did I mention that I don’t own a vegetable peeler? *Sigh* I think I really need this giveaway haha. Thanks a lot of the information I definitely could use help in this area.

  303. Belinda Briggs

    Our knives pre-date our marriage, putting them at about 18 years old. Ouch!

    My m-i-l shares with me how much they need replacing whenever she has to use them. I ought to take her comments as an excuse to splurge, but I just don’t know what to buy to replace them!

  307. Amy

    At least 4 or 5 years. I have yet to find a set of good knives…well an “affordable” set of good knives. Would love to try these!

  312. Aimee

    Oh my, our kitchen knives are at least 12 years old. They were a Christmas gift from a customer of my husband’s for our first Christmas.

  314. Heather

    We got our knives when we got married over 10 years ago. They are in a nice wood block, which I like, but the knives themselves are very dull and have wooden handles that are splintering. My mom got me a new sharp, serated bread knife, so I used that knife to cut all my sweet potatoes for Thanksgiving. What a pain! Haha! I would love a sharp set of knives because I love to cook with fresh produce and they would really make my life easier. 🙂 Thanks for this offer.

  325. Larissa

    Our knife set is around 15 years old and I’ve never had them sharpened . . . so, as you can imagine they aren’t too great anymore! I’ve never tried ceramic knives, but I’d love to win this set of Shenzhen knives. They sound great and since sharpening knives is obviously low on my list of priorities (15 years, sheesh!) the fact that they rarely need sharpening makes them even more attractive of a product! : )

  326. Tanya

    My knives are about 5 years old. I have one knife I use all the time and all the other ones are dull and super old.

  329. Karen U

    Our knives are 15 years old. And they are really kind of beat up. They kids will manage to cut on any surface that is in front of them, including the kitchen table – (right?)
    Karen

  344. Laurie O - WI

    I have a hodge-podge of knives, but the ones used most often were my husbands long before we met and we have been married almost 30 years. The knives are old!!!

  345. Debbie Fowler

    I was just looking at my knives this morning thinking how old they are and in need of being replaced! They are about 13 years old…a wedding gift!

  346. Jen

    I have a $10 set of knives that I’ve been using for years.. and it is definitely time to replace them.. 🙂

  353. Kate Tucker

    We received our knife set as a wedding gift ten years ago. This giveaway is a reminder I need to dig out the sharpener!

  355. Mary Cooper

    They were a gift for our wedding, so I know exactly how old they are — 16 years! And unfortunately, I really need better ones.

  359. Jenny

    I’m not sure quite how old mine are. Most of the ones I use a part of set (with a few missing) that my boyfriend had before I met him. We’ve been together 4 years now, and he had them a long time before that.

  365. Victoria

    The knives in my kitchen are the ones my husband and I got when we married – 10 years ago! The two “spares” that don’t fit in my knife block are ones my husband used during college, so even older than that!!
    Victoria’s latest post: Choosing Joy

  368. Carrie May

    My knives are about eight years old. I think I only have three knives:) Kinda’ silly for a woman who makes at least three homemade meals a day.

  369. Terri Layne

    Well, they are so old, I don’t remember how old they are 🙂 Think, thirty years? I got a newer set but did not like it (cheap and all the blades were serrated so would not cut certain things. ) Ended up selling it, and keep sharpening the dickens out of the ones I still have. Of course, my husband has used the parers to open cans, pry things, etc. so the tips are broken off. I bought him a pair of kitchen shears 🙂
    Thanks for your blog, it has been very helpful in my homeschool journey!

  372. Heather

    Over 10 years old, my Dad gave them to my husband and I before we got married and we celebrated our 10 year anniversary this year!

  380. illya gonzalez

    Most of my knives were wedding presents so they would be 13 years old in May of 2012. I got 4 steak knifes 3 years ago and I got a Chun as a present from a house guest a year ago.

  382. Stacey

    I have to admit — I have never bought a good kitchen knife in my entire life. My sister- and brother-in-law took pity on me and gave us some knives about 10 years ago. I do try to keep them sharpened, but I fear that they are not sharp enough to be entirely safe.

  385. Alexandra

    Hello from Portugal!! My boyfrien loves to cook and he is unemployed now! I realy like to do him a nice surprise… Maybe I’m luck! Our nifes have arround 11/12 years. I already click LIKE on FB! Thanks for the oportunity!

  387. HollymMead

    Mercy, I have been married 19 years and the knives I have I swiped from my mother’s kitchen while I was in college BEFORE I was married, so my guess is that these knives I’m looking at right now are at least 30 years old.

  388. Wanda

    Depends on the knife 🙂 We’ve had a set we were gifted but it’s been replaced piece by piece over the years.

  390. Bren

    Our knives are an assortment of Goodwill finds from 12 years ago … I kid you not. We *really* could use a good set of knives!! :-}

  391. Ralene

    Count me in! I’ve been looking for some new knives. Most of the ones I have were wedding gifts, so they’re about 9 years old, which wouldn’t be so bad if we had known how to properly care for them. 🙂

  392. karen b.

    Our knives are only about two years old, I guess? We have two that we bought ourselves, and then a “back-up knife” that was replaced by those two, but still has to be used sometimes when I use ALL THE KNIVES. 😛

  394. Rachel

    I recently bought one knife, thinking I would just use it for everything, and it seemed so sharp in the package – alas, it is sharp enough to slice my finger pretty quickly, but not sharp enough to cut through some of my food easily – which makes me fear that I really am going to slice through my fingers often! A new set would be wonderful. 🙂

  395. Amber

    Our knives are 10 years old; we got them for a wedding gift. My MOM’s knives are at least 30 years old because they were there when I was a kid. She needs them more than I do!!!!

  397. MichelleD

    Would love to win!! Our knives were a wedding present 14 1/2 years ago!! 🙂 Thanks for a chance to win!!

  398. Cortni

    Our knives are about 3 years old… bought them for ourselves before we got married, when my then fiance bought a house. They’re still ok, but the more heavily used knives could do with a sharpening.

  400. Jennifer

    I’ve never even heard of ceramic knives — where have I been? All our knives are from our wedding over 15 years ago.

  402. Jan

    my knives are 8 years old and I’ve only had to replace one because I failed to hand-wash it but repeatedly threw it in the dishwasher. Laziness exposed! 🙁

  403. Abbigale

    Mine are only 5 years old… but my sister-in-laws are 15… if I win, she will go nuts over these 🙂

  404. Mary

    My knives range in age from 4 years to 15! My husband has a chefs knife that he really likes and fits his hand, but I have yet to find my perfect knife!

  405. Brina

    Our knives are about 6 1/2 years old. We have one that is 1 year old, but they all need sharpening (or just need to be replaced. :-)).

  408. Marianne Ostmann

    My knives are as old as my marriage, 12 years old. My now husband had cheap odds and ends knives when we got married, and that is what we have had ever since.

  411. Alaina

    Most of my knives are 7 years old, but are one of those “stay sharp” kind that don’t stay sharp. I do have 3 better knives as well that are about 4 years old.

  414. Kellie

    Nineteen years (wedding gift). I told my husband last year I wanted one good knife for Christmas. Bless his heart, he bought me a set, and they were so dull they’d hardly cut a banana. So I’d love to win. 🙂

  415. Melanie Rudd

    Goodness! My knives are ancient! My parents had them for years before passing them on to me. 🙂 They’re at least 30 years old!

  424. Abby

    Our knives seem to come and go…one I’ve had since 1993, others came from a garage sale. I only have 3 that I use on a regular basis. I did go to facebook and “liked” it.

  425. Sarah

    We have one set we received as a wedding gift 7 years ago. The rest of our knives were my husbands for a long time before our wedding. Who knows how old they are!

  427. Tracy

    Like many who have commented, our knives were a wedding gift. We’ll have been using them 7 years this Feb!

  430. Amy C

    I’d have to give these to my mother-in-law for Christmas…hope she doesn’t read this! My husband and I suspect that her knives are from when they were married back in 1974!!

  431. kara

    My knives are 12 years old… we got them as a wedding gift when we were 21! They are falling apart…. even though I love Target, I wouldn’t suggest getting the cheapest set of knives from there! These would be a great replacement!

  432. jessica

    luckily my knives are only 6 years old, but some weren’t the best quality, and could stand replacement or some major sharpening.

  441. Rachel

    The knives in my kitchen were the ones we registered for 9 1/2 yrs. ago when we got married. I now kick myself for not registering for a better set. I felt guilty making people spend too much money on us. Little did I know how important good knives are in the kitchen. How much I have learned these last 9 years!

  445. Heather Young

    At least 13 years old because I had them before I got married. We have even glued the butcher black back together.

  448. marta

    My knives are from two to fifteen years old. Most are dull and every time I use them I think to myself, “I must buy some new, sharp knives”.

  452. Jackie G

    I don’t remember exactly the age, but I think my husband brought them into the marriage, and we’ve been married for over 12 years.

  458. jess

    only 8 years old- but very inexpensive, knives that need to be sharpened frequently and work VERY poorly

  461. Lexie Bollweg

    Our knives are 11 years old. We’re using the knife set I purchased while I was a college student!

  464. Jill B.

    We’ve got a pretty hodge-podge collection from 20 years of marriage, including one ceramic knife that my mother gave us last year. It’s luscious!

  466. Beth

    I actually couldn’t tell you how old my knives are…They were my parents, now mine and are really old (and not so sharp!)

  475. Brandi

    My knife is a very inexpensive one from Target that does the job but I would love a better one. We cook almost all of our meals from scratch at home and I can imagine how nice it would be chopping with this set. I think my knife is 4 years old. 🙂

  476. Robyn Jarrell

    Our knives are almost 20 years ago. We got them from his grandmother when we first got married. I’ve looked for a good quality set at a reasonable rate, so far I have not found them 🙁

  477. Karen

    The newest ones were wedding gifts, so seven years old. The oldest ones…well, I think they were wedding gifts to my parents. Maybe it’s time to move those out of the drawer…

  478. Michelle

    My knives are the economy set I got ten years ago when I moved away to my college apartment. They are super dull and definitely need replacing with a quality set.

  479. Christina V.

    Age of my knives. Ummm…. Well…. I have one that is maybe 4 yrs old, a set that is about 6 yrs old, and a set that is who knows how old! 🙂

  481. Lucy

    Our current ones aren’t actually too old – probably five years. But they’re still a pretty cheap set. I’ve heard about these ceramic knives and would love to try them. Thanks!

  483. Grace

    My knives are a few years old. But my parents knives are decades old, and I would give these to them if I won 🙂

  485. PsychMamma

    Ha! I’m in the same boat as many of your commenters! Our knives are as old as our marriage, which is almost 10 years old, already! They’re also not anything fancy. I have one Henckels knife that is AMAZING in how much better it is than the others. It would be awesome to have a whole set that cuts through anything as if it were butter! Thanks so much for the chance to enter!
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  486. Alyssa C

    Our knives are about eight years old – they were one of the first things we bought together as a couple.

  487. Jade

    Some are very old (hand-me-downs from my husbands family). We do have a couple of new ones from our wedding. These look so fun!

  488. Carla Reed

    We got our knives when we married, so they are 7 years old. New knives never make it to the Christmas list for some reason…ummm, wait! They never make it to the list because it’s so much more fun to buy toys for toddlers = )

  498. LIZ

    my knives are pre 2000 sometime – my college roommate left them when she moved out. the knives cut most things eventually – but half the time it slips of the food and gets me. i have been looking into replacements, but haven’t been super impressed yet. i am excited to check these out. thanks for the info!!

  505. Sarah

    I have one knife that is 2 years old – was a Christmas present. The majority of the rest are 15-20 years old with the exception of our steak knives which are about 7.

  506. Paula

    My knives are going on 22 years old. The Chicago cutlery was a wedding gift. The blades are getting dull (desperately in need of sharpening) and the handles are dry and brittle…yes, they’ve been put in the dishwasher too many times…one downfall to wood handles. This set looks amazing!

  511. Aaron

    The majority of our knives are so old I cannot remember when we got them…I have 2 now that were purchased in the last year but are the cheap kind…we are so in need of a new set that actually works, especially for when I make homemade SUSHI!!!!

  512. John T Webb

    I have two ceramic paring knives that are almost 30 years old, as are my Forschner Steel knives. My steel knives have to be sharpened each year in February; my ceramic knives are just a sharp today as when they were first bought. I just might give one arm or one leg for a set of these knives, knowing what they are worth.

  521. Amy

    My knives are +12 years old. I worked for the company during summer breaks in college…I feel SO terrible I “forced” a good majority of my family and family friends into buying them. They are ridiculously expensive and don’t hold up and perform as promised. Luckily my set was not full price. Boy could I use new ones so I can stop listening to my husband remind me what junk they are.

  524. Sonya Lydford

    My knives were a gift 16 years ago. For listening to a salesman, I got a knife set and a block to set them in. I buy a new paring knife about every five years.
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  528. Dee

    How old are our knives? Let’s see. They came from my mom, but I can’t remember if it was pre-child or post-child. He’s almost 10 so I’ll say 10 years give or take. They have been through it all, literally. They went through Katrina flooding and I’m not exactly sure how my husband saved them. While that is a valiant effort on their part, we could you use a set that has not been through a major (man-made) disaster!
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  542. Linda

    My knife set is 13 years old…. With only the chef’s knife and 1 steak knife still intact (so we bought a few extras at IKEA last year). Would love a new knife set that does the job!!

  546. Kate

    Our knives are almost brand new, but if we won these knives, our birthday shopping for my mom would be done. Her knives are ancient and crummy quality.

  549. Nikiya McDonald

    Sure could put good use to some new knives as the three I now have are a sight for sore eyes. Funny how you don’t seem to notice the condition of the tools you use each day!

  554. Nancy

    big range of knife ages in my kitchen: one or two from my childhood to a new one we bought 4 months ago. we don’t have any fancy ceramic ones, though!

  556. Jaclyn Ley

    Most of my knives are at least seven years old. I have one ceramic knife and I take it with me to other peoples houses when I know that I am going to be cooking. It would be great to have more!

  561. Lynette

    My main kitchen knife is about 8 years old. I bought it after living in Central Asia, and realizing that a good kitchen knife is an essential tool!

  562. Monica

    I have two sets: one set about 15 years or older that is a hand me down from my parents and one set that is nearly 10 years old that was a wedding gift.

  563. Teresa

    Our knife set is about 10 years old, plus various and sundry knives we’ve garnered from hither and yon that are who knows how old! 🙂

  564. Erin

    My knives were inherited from my grandparents — some are in better shape than others, but they have sentimental value, truly.

  565. Chris

    Most of our knives are about 4 years old- wedding gifts or bought as we moved in to our house, but some of them are actually from my husband’s total bachelor days well before we met, so probably 10 or so years old. They are cheapies too so I’m surprised those have made it.
    I’ve never heard of a ceramic knife before (of course, you can imagine at four years of marriage I’m still pretty new to homemaking) but it sounds dreamy. We use almost exclusively wood cutting boards made by my father in law, so there would be no new habits in that regard. I’m going to have to look further into these!

  567. Colette

    Actually the one knife I use regularly is about 15 years old but it’s such poor quality that I have to sharpen it every day!! Other than that I have a couple of other useless knives that really need to be replaced and they’re only a few years old. I would LOVE these Shenzhen knives!

  568. P Roland

    My knives are just over 7 years old. We bought them for ourselves as a housewarming present. They are fantastic, however, after using both regular and ceramic clipper blades and noticing a big difference, it would be fun to try the ceramic knives and see what the difference feels like. Thanks.

  571. Diane

    The good news is that my husband and I will be married 25 years this year. The bad news is our knives are also 25 years old.

  575. Kristen

    I am embarrassed to say that my knives are probably 15 years old…and show it! I’d love to win this set!

  578. Kara

    My knives are from my wedding, eight years ago, & two of them have recently had to go in the trash from breaking–& they were NOT cheap. Have been curious about the ceramic ones!

  580. Jennifer

    I have four knives and they are 18 years old. Received them for a wedding gift. Sure would love to try these though.
    Jennifer

  581. Hannah W

    Most of my knives are 8 years old, with the exception of my fabulous Wusthof Santoku that my hubby got me about 4 years ago.

  584. Leah

    I don’t even have any knives because we just moved from overseas and don’t have a permenant home yet! Would love to win these knives for when I finally have kitchen of my own again.

  585. Jennifer

    I keep buying knives over the past 10 years and they are all terrible. I keep telling my husband we need to just suck it up and buy a good set of knives. Would LOVE to win these ceramic knives! thanks

  586. Heidi

    Our knives are at least 8 years old…they came recycled from a butcher shop….probably closer to 10 or 12. 🙂

  590. MissMommy

    ummmm, well I don’t remember how old they are. I think my mom gave me the paring knife when I first moved out, so at least a couple of decades . I never heard of ceramic knives before – they sound great!

  591. Sandi in MN

    My knives are about 20 years old! Wow, do I feel old writing that!:) I’ve never heard of ceramic knives and would love to give them a try!

  600. Debbie

    My knives are about 7 years old, but I would love to win these for my mom, whose knives are around 15-20 years old and not very good quality.

  601. Aimee c

    We have had our knife set since we got married over 8 yrs ago. I’ve been curious about these ceramic knives. Thx for the chance!

  602. Sarah G

    My knives are only 2 years old, they are good starter knives, but now that I spend a lot more time in the kitchen, I’d love a really good Chef’s knife. Thanks for the chance to win!
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  604. KellyS

    Our knives are older than I can remember, so pretty old I’d guess? A new set would be a wonderful thing to unwrap on Christmas morning…even if I had wrapped them myself 🙂

  611. Kara D.

    My knives are a variety of ages from the one we picked up in Ethiopia while getting our sons 2 years ago (oops! Had to feed them & needed something to slice food!) to a few hand-me-downs from my in-laws. Let’s just say I keep my knife sharpener handy.

  616. Leigh

    I have some that are about 25 years old… hand me downs. I have 1 nice new one that I use for pretty much everything…

  626. Jamie R.

    My knives are 7-10 years old except for the one I received for hosting a Pampered Chef party (that one is 5 years old).

  628. Teri K

    My knives are a few years old, but weren’t great to begin with! Could definitely use some new ones!
    Thanks!

  632. Tori

    I have one good knife that was a hand-me-down from my step-dad. It must be at least 10 years old. Sad. I love it, tho’. One good knife is better than ten bad ones. And we’ve had plenty of those over the years. I’d LOVE to get some REAL knives. 🙂
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  634. cheryl

    I have a hodge-podge assortment of knives. Some well over 10 years old, and some only a few. It would be wonderful to have a nice set, and the peeler sounds fabulous!

  635. Danielle schumaker

    I have no idea how old the knives in my kitchen are… They were hand downs from my partners family. They are old!

  636. April

    My knives are about 7 or 8 years old. After awhile, you just forget how long ago it was when you got stuff!

  644. Julie Capp

    I now “like” Shenzhen knives on FB, I have already “liked” Simple Home School for quite some time.

  653. Karen Johnson

    I’m not even sure how old our knives are! We have very old, old, and somewhat newish ones.

  654. Sharon

    Promise not to laugh …. or go ahead and I’ll laugh right along with you. My knives were in this house in Illinois that we inherited from a family grandparent in 1980 and moved into. We only have one good knife, so we kept her set, and I still use them …. 30 years later. Go ahead and have a good chuckle now!! 😀

  655. Sharon

    I ‘Like’ Simple Homeschool and Shenzhen Knives on Facebook. What a wealth of information there is out there, just branching off of one site, like ripples in water.

  656. Nadia MacLean

    Our knives are 8 years old – I remember getting them from a friend who was thrilled to see how wonderful the man I was moving in with was and wanted to give us a nice gidt, knowing I’d be whipping up a food whirlwind for my new man, I later married the man, but the knives have not fared as well for as well as she knew me, she did not know what made for a quality knife – they barely hold a sharpening anymore!

  660. Ashley C.

    My last new knife set was a wedding gift in 2001. Admitting that my knives are ten years old makes me feel old!

  661. Chelsea Whitby

    Ours are only about 6 years old. A wedding gift which we have been grateful for. But not the sharpest or nicest set. I have come to know and understand the importance of good quality knifes! Especially now cooking with kiddos. 😉

  665. Julie W

    Some of my knives aren’t that old. The knives at my mom’s and mother-in-law’s house are pathetic! One of them would be receiving a nice gift.

  666. Lydia

    The knives I currently use are almost 3 1/2 years old. They were an inexpensive set that my husband and I received before we got married.

  667. Joanna

    My knives are 16 years old. Wedding gifts. I had an incredible set of 3 paring knives that have somehow been “pared” down to only one. It is definitely not as sharp as it used to be.

  668. Carolyn

    My knives are a mix between a marriage- one set from the husband is about 7 years old and I had some pieces Wustoff- I guess it’s time for something new!

  669. Pamela

    We have one Pampered Chef knife that is about 4 years old, but needs a professional sharpening. We also bought a large chopping knife on clearance at our local grocery store and I like using that one because it is sharp!
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  671. Julie

    6 years and going strong, but I have a friend who raves about her ceramic knives so I’m very curious to try them out. 🙂

  677. Cyndi G

    Hmmm…my knives are about ten years old now – they are definitely not aging gracefully, either.

  680. Holly

    My knives are at least 5 years old… some are wedding gifts. We will celebrate 15 years in March. It might be time for a knife upgrade.

  681. sarah

    our knives are 7 1/2 years old – we got them as a wedding present. they are still ok, but i would love new ones.

  684. Rachel

    about 14 years old (used for the last 12 years). my husband’s granny gave them to me as a high school graduation present and they went into the hope chest til we were married.

  688. Heather

    My knives are around 7 years old. I have another that I use most of the time that is almost 20 years old.

  691. BettyC

    Most of our knives are 10 years old or older than that. Would sure love to have these–have never tried ceramic blades before.

  694. Jodi

    my knives are so pathetic, half of them I got for free when I signed up for some store card probably about 15 years ago and my chef’s knife is a 5-year-old $10 Ikea knife, so sad…

  696. Stephanie

    Our knives our 7 years old–a wedding gift. While I truly appreciate the knives we received, they really aren’t great! My mother certainly did not use expensive knives so I couldn’t bring myself to register for them–however, our meal prep growing up usually only required a can opener! Now that my focus is real food, I appreciate good quality knives and would love to try ceramic!

  697. Andrea Boren

    This is embarrasing, I think we bought them when we got hitched. So going on 14 years. And they don’t sharpen very well.

  698. SaraR

    Ha ha, I had to laugh at the question. Just the other day I was thinking how the knives I still consider the “nice” knives are now about 5 years old. I guess in good knife years that’s not all that old but these are probably just average knives.
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  699. Natalie

    Almost 12 years ago we received two good knives as wedding gifts. Not so good anymore, but we still use them every day!

  700. Toni

    Some of our kitchen knives are 10+ years old. Others are only a couple years old I think! But could use some new awesome knives for chopping veggies etc….and the peeler looks awesome !

  701. Joy

    Our knife set is over 10 years old, but I still use one knife that was my grandmother’s – it’s got be be at least a couple of decades old!

  706. Krissa G

    Oh my…seriously I could not tell you how old they are….I am definately in need of new ones!!!

  708. Elisabeth

    We don’t have our own knives, but the ones in my mother’s kitchen (we live with my parents currently) are OLD–minus one amazing large pro chopping knife that she bought within the past two years. I use that one constantly!

  709. Maria

    I bought a new chef knife with a serrated surface on the blade about two years ago. All the other knives in my home were my moms and they are old! at least 50 years old and not very good!OK! laugh!

  711. Molly

    My knives are only a couple of years old. We gave away all the not-so-great ones and now have two that are fantastic!

  714. Carmen

    We received a nice knife set from my parents a couple of years ago, so most are new. Others are 10-20 years old.

  722. Tamara

    Just stumbled on your website, great stuff 🙂 Our knives are about 18 years old as we got them when we got married. Always just made do with them. My son recently has shown a real interest in cooking, so these would be amazing!!!

  723. Emily

    Our knives are ones my husband received as a gift before we married, so at least 7 or 8 years old. He loves them, but he has always admired Shenzen knives!

  728. Kimberly B.

    The knives I use in my kitchen are the knives we got as a gift when we were married. Nothing fancy. And could definitely use an upgrade since we’ve had them 5 years now.
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  731. Pam in Missouri

    My knives are 10 years old and work just fine. My mother-in-law, on the other hand, has some really ancient knives and none of them are sharp. If I won these knives they would go straight to her, thereby saving someone a finger.

  732. Kel

    How old are my knives? I don’t know! We’ve been married for 16 years and my husband had them before that. They aren’t that great anymore. Winning this would be wonderful!

  736. Rita

    Our knife set is 5 years old–and we badly need to get them sharpened. We lost he sharpener, and for someone who loves to cook, dull knives are a serious problem!
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  738. Mary Beth

    My knives range from 15 years old to 2 years old. I have a couple of really good ones and some mediocre ones I’d love to replace.

  740. Jamie

    Mine are just over a year old – we were able to buy a small set of good knives after most of the cheap set we’d registered for when we got married had begun to break. If I won these, I’d give them to my sister-in-law who is studying to become a chef, and is getting married next summer.

  741. Carri

    My favorite go-to knife is 16 years old. I bought it when I moved into my own apartment my first year of grad school.

  742. Karen

    My kitchen knives are the butt of constant jokes in my house. Many of them are 20 years old, long-ago wedding gifts. Every few years, I will get one as a gift, but I have yet to receive a really GOOD, chef-quality knife. *sigh*