The new Almar all stainless steel Ultra-Chef models are modern in design and state of the art in performance. The one piece ergonomic, hollow, all stainless steel handles are not only visually stunning and perfectly balanced, they are also impervious to just about everything found in today's kitchen environments. Each blade is 33 layers of stainless steel with the center cutting layer made of VG-10 Cobalt stainless steel which is heat treated to a Rockwell c-scale hardness of 60-62. Strong and light in weight, each knife is hand sharpened to an incredible edge. Each knife is individually gift boxed.