On 12/19/2015 7:08 AM, Julie Bove wrote:
> Spent somewhere in the vicinity of $100 but my what a difference! sw's
> post about the good deal on knives at Costco got me yearning for some
> new knives. But those were sold out. So I began searching around. I
> got this set in red. Good reviews from Wayfair but some at Amazon did
> not like them at all.
>
> http://www.wayfair.com/Ragalta-12-Pi...t-RGX1132.html
>
That's a nice looking set and it's nice to have things match in the
kitchen. Do you really need those steak knives? The knife block I use
contains a chefs knife, a carving knife, a boning knife, a couple of
different size paring knives, kitchen shears and a steel.

I have steak knives but they go in the drawer caddy with the regular
table knives.

> But I also needed something else for my utensils. Every other place I
> have lived at has had enough drawer space for them. But not here. I do
> have one small drawer. It holds things like the cherry pitter, peelers,
> ice cream scoop, etc. But it is too short and shallow to hold things
> like the potato masher, large spoons and pancake flippers.
>
Got any wall space? I have an ancient rack that hangs on the wall next
to the stove. From it hangs a pancake flipper, a spatula, a couple of
large spoons (one slotted), a soup ladel and the potato masher.

> Not long after we moved in, I bought some insufficient, bamboo utensil
> holders. They were too short and small but they were super cheap. I
> made do with those until I began having the knife troubles. I hated my
> Wusthoff set so much that I began buying odd knives in sheaths. Those
> went into a chrome, wire caddy. It didn't work so well either and it
> didn't match the others. So I got these:
>
> http://www.surlatable.com/product/PR...Utensil+Crocks
>
> Three large and two small. The large are enormous!
>
> I wound up having to shift things around. The new knife set is too tall
> to push back under the cupboard. I could not get the larger knives out
> when it was back there. So... I got rid of a few things, some of which
> were gifts and I never really used.
>
> Now I have more counter space, I can get to the utensils easily and I
> don't have to get ticked off because the holder fell over or other
> utensils flew out. And I can fit everything in with no worries.
>
> I did keep the odd knives with sheaths just in case these don't work
> out. But they sure are purty!

I'm glad you're happy with it... so far.

Jill