Now in it’s second century, Farberware manufactures and sells quite a few kitchen gadgets and accessories ranging from home appliances to cookware to barbecue accessories. One of Faberware’s notable product lines is knife sets, which consist of five series. Based on information from its website, these five consist of the Farberware Millennium, the Stainless Soft Grip, the Farberware Classic Series, the Farberware Professional and the Farberware kitchen knife sets, all of which feature dishwasher-safe materials.

Product Features

The Millennium series is made with stainless steel handles and fine-edged blades which are advertized as dishwasher-safe, renedering them more easy to maintain than most high-priced cutlery sets. The Stainless Soft Grip series possesses the same attributes present in the Millennium series except the fact that hand washing is recommended. The Professional Series has the same qualities as the previously listed series as well as the fact that these handles are given three rivets to add stability and strength.

The Classic Series and the Ultraedge Pro Series of the Farberware kitchen knife set reportedly call for no blade sharpening because of their high-carbon stainless steel blades, which are apparently the most popular compositions for cutlery recently. Throw in their non-slip handles constructed from polypropylene, and you have a very good knife. One small item that you want to remember, though, is which Faberware knife set calls for hand washing as opposed to dishwasher cleaning.

Advantages

Well, if you are the sort who never washes knives right when you use them, but would rather place them into a dishwasher, the Farberware Millenium knives are perfect for you. Even with the Millenium knives, you must remind yourself that even the purest kind of steel will rust after years of contact with the chemicals used in a dishwasher.

Also, several of the Farberware knives are constructed using high-carbon stainless steel, a material proven to be highly-resistant to discoloration and rust. While it is not as simple to sharpen as the more pedestrial stainless steel blades, the supposed “no need for sharpening” quality implies that it shouldn’t come up.

The Cuisinart blades are normally forged, not cold rolled, which results in exceptionally balanced knives that are light in your hands but heavy on whatever you’re cutting. Of course, these qualities are present with nearly all forged knives, so that’s hardly anything to get excited about.

What’s more, if you are one who wishes to have coordinated kitchen tools but loses them more than usual, you will be happy to find out that the components of any Faberware knife set may be replaced at any better retailer around the country. After all, Farberware is almost everywhere!

Disadvantages

The somewhat thin handles of nearly all knives in a Faberware knife set might be an issue for users with large hands. Even though the blades do their job with relative success most of the time, keeping a proper grip on the handles can be a problem, especially when your hands are wet.

On the negative side of the “no need for sharpening” claim, this might refer only to subsequent uses, because you still need to sharpen the knives directly out of the store. Once they’re sharpened, you can simply perform maintenance to make the knives as properly as possible. (Basically, the “no need for sharpening” claim is merely a marketing gimmick)

The final judgment concerning a Faberware kitchen knife set: It’s an average product that may be acquired for an average price. For more professional kitchen jobs, you may as well spend more money to purchase professional quality knives. For ordinary uses in your home, a Farberware knife set will manage just fine.