Looking for a good knife set for our kitchen

Not sure what your budget is, but if I had money to throw away on knives I would get the 16 or 26 piece Wustof Ikon knife block set.

Can't help with the broken knives, but you sure as hell can learn to sharpen the dull ones. I don't care what brand of knife you buy, they will all eventually dull with use and dull knives are more dangerous to use than sharp knives. A couple good wet stones and a steel and you could do your own sharpening at home.

As far as knife sets, the choices are staggering and vary in price from a couple hundred dollars for a knife set with block to hundreds just for a chef's knife.

My wife bought me a Faberware knife set and block about 15 yrs. ago since I had a lot of mismatched knives I was using. It has served me well and includes a heavy duty cleaver, 2 chef's knives (8 and 10 inch), boning knife, carving knife, serrated bread knife, kitchen shears, 4 types of paring knives, 10 steak knives, honing steel plus the wooden block I doubt she paid more than a couple hundred for it at the time.

I do my own sharpening so they are kept very sharp.

I also have a couple of Dexter knives that get used for cleaning fish and cutting up things when doing seafood boils and outdoor cooking and they too are great knives.

Do you really want a whole set?

A chefs knife, a filet knife, and a serrated knife for bread/tomatoes is all I use 99% of the time. And honestly the serrated knife gets the least amount of usage. I have a couple of paring knives I’ve accumulated over the years, but they don’t get used now.

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Dexter-Russell knives.

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I love my Dexter-Russell knives. They do stay sharp and the textured handles are great for getting a good grip on them.

I also have 2 of their stainless steel oyster knives and they work better than any other oyster knife I've had over the years, and I've had plenty.

Just get 3 or 4 knives. You don’t need a whole set. 6 or 8in chef knive. Paring knife. Filet knife. That’s all I have -bigger chef knife . You probably need a bread knife. Get a good sharpener.

Wusthof

We have had wustof set for 24 years now. I have a good sharpener and they are really sturdy. Just get a set with the heavy handle. feels better to me

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Cutco knives

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A friend's son signed up to sell them so we agreed to the in home sales pitch the new recruits have to do. Ten of them I think.

I knew I was going to buy something from him because he's a good kid. Made him work for it though.

We bought the petite carver and I have to admit it's a pretty nice knife. Very sharp serrated blade.

I'm glad I bought it but would not necessarily want a whole set.

The main knives I use daily are Victorinox. Good value, good balance/feel and easy to sharpen.