Lakeland Bamboo Universal Knife Block

This knife block is attractive to look at, but more importantly, it is a very good way to store knives. The bamboo fibers are an excellent way of protecting the knives and means that you can safely store knives of various sizes without damaging the blades or tips.

As others have said, this is an ingenious design. Very versatile, fits any combination of knives/scissors . Easy to use, compact design, and simple to clean and dry.

For years I have not bought a knife block because they only work properly with the correct knives. This ingenious block uses hundreds of thin rods to support knives from carving to paring as well as scissors, skewers and a rod shaped knife sharpener. The rods fill all the available space so crumbs or insects won't fall in. It's heavy and unlikely to topple over.

I have had this almost a year now and have no complaints at all. It looks good, doesn't take up much space and does the job perfectly. Neither was it too expensive. Highly recommended.

I bought this when we moved house as we have a number of different knives and needed a block that would look smart (this definitely fits the bill when it comes to looking smart) and yet keeps knives easily to hand for everyday use. My hubby is not normally easily impressed but he described this as one of the best items you have bought ~ praise indeed!