Description said "Like New" but it had been dropped on its edge and with a chunk missing. This is block of wood to be used and abused and a little wood putty will improve its looks and into the future to fix real world use and blemishes. So I'm quite happy with purchase and savings ($105 was a bridge too far), $93 was still tough but doable. Very glad Amazon had this used/return option!

It certainly does NOT weigh 2lb, as the description says... more like 12lb. Really well-made and lots of slots. I have a Shun Kanso Hollow-Ground 12" brisket slicing knife. Fits in the block no problem. Beautiful wood too. If you have many good kitchen knives, this is THE block!

We started upgrading our knives and adding to our knife collection, so it was time to upgrade our knife block to accommodate more knives instead of keeping our nicer knives in boxes. This has SO many slots and fits my cleaver, a huge plus as some blocks don't fit a larger cleaver, amazing! Purchased for $52 as a Used - Acceptable since I beat up my knife blocks and it came practically brand new. Great product at almost half off.

Extremely great quality.

After about 20 years of use our knife block was becoming an eyesore. Choosing a new one was surprisingly difficult since the reviews for various blocks are full of negatives. Also, we only wanted two more slots than we had and didn't want a medieval armory on the counter. Unfortunately no such block exists so we ended up with nine more slots. Overall I am happy with this Wüsthof product. It seems pretty well made: the slots are straight with well-finished edges and interior surfaces; the acacia wood has good grain variation with a nice satin finish; and the logo is understated. I was expecting to remove the plasticky logo shown in Amazon's photos, but the metallic one on the block received is so unobtrusive I will leave it. A plus to the larger size is that there is a perfectly sized slot for each knife I own, and it's nice having a bit more space between them. Also, the slots are wide enough to accommodate thicker blades without possibly scratching them.

An important step with all blocks is to clean the slots. I have included photos showing how I did this. I used an old wire hanger, and clean rags cut into strips according to slot size. I only used water, drawing heavily dampened strips through each slot until they came out clean. You could probably use strips saturated with a mild cleaner, followed by dampened strips without cleaner. I then let the block dry out and repeated the strip/slot method with strips and kitchen-grade mineral oil. I pulled the strips from top through to the bottom, being careful not to mar the edges of the slots with the hanger.