Kapoosh Knife Holders

When we moved into our new apartment, we went to IKEA and bought all sorts of furniture and household goods. This included an assortment of their knives. The only problem -the standard knife block that they sell would have had too many unoccupied slots; and the knife sharpener would not have fit into the block.

I read the reviews of other models of the Kapoosh knife block, and decided that it was worth a try. I am glad -it works very well. My overall experience is positive, but I have the same gripe that a few other reviewers have had: the knife block is only tilted by about 25 degrees, so that when you want to pull out a longer item (the aforementioned knife sharpener, or the 8" chef's knife), you need to move the block out from under the cabinets. I never had such problems with conventional knife blocks (or with the "Ex" knife block that I bought for my mother-in-law).

The knife block feels a little weird the first couple times that I used it. The gripping action of the plastic rods (bristles) is strange. I found that the best way to put the knives in is to turn the knives sideways, and then let the knife settle into its final resting place as you push it down (instead of trying to push/guide the knife to go down straight).

I reconfigured my items many times before I finally had them ordered the way I wanted. As it stands now, the upper area holds 5 knives, a pair of scissors, a knife sharpener, and a pair of chopsticks. The lower area is still empty right now -the steak knives will go there when I get around to buying them.

Having a number of santoku knives, large chef's knives, bread knives, etc. meant we needed several wooden knife blocks on the counter since none had more than 3 of the large slots. The Kapoosh holds everything we had in 2 large blocks -even my husband loves it. This purchase was a winner!

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Works as advertised. I have a variety of mismatched knives without a knife block, and this block allows me to store them all, regardless of their differences in size and shape.

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This knife block has been driving me crazy for years. I am finally going to get rid of it and get another one.

The problem is that there is not enough space inside to insert long knives all the way in.

If you could remove some of the little black things to make more space it would be perfect.

But as it is, the 3 long knives (that came with the block so you'd think they would fit) can only be inserted about halfway, leaving the top half of the blade sticking up out of the block.

That makes the whole thing so tall it won't fit underneath our cabinet. And, every time you try to put a long knife in you have to really jam it down to get it even partway inserted.

So stupid that the knives that COME WITH the block DON'T FIT INSIDE IT.

also, it is not true that you can take it apart to clean it. The insert simply will not come out, even after unscrewing the screw in the base (which was not easy since there isn't really room for a screwdriver) it does not come out. Even after banging on it with a hammer.

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I love the versatility of this and that I'm not restricted to predetermined slots. Since I don't have an entire set of knives, but a hodge podge of single knives, this was the perfect solution for me. I really wanted a magnetic strip for my knives, but with three small children, it didn't seem to be the safest way to go without a locking cabinet around it and I couldn't find anything that was within budget that was like that.

The Kapoosh is nice in that you can put any assortment of knives in varying lengths and shapes and handle styles and they all fit. I haven't run out of room in it yet, but from reading other reviews, if I ever fill it up to the point where no new knives fit, I'll break off a few rods to make room.

It's probably not possible, but it would be nice if it wasn't so extremely bulky. I can't picture how it would look if it was a bit more compact for the amount of knives it holds, but it seems like something could be done to lessen its girth a bit or at least offer more space for the overall footprint of it.

That being said, it's still a great item and far better than my old method of tossing all my knives in to one drawer, which is not exactly the safest thing to do!

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