Here is a great post from Lynn on choosing quality kitchen knives…
For years though I had cheap, flimsy, and dull knives. They really were pretty bad. I had a mixed matched set of knives that I picked up here and there. They were hard to sharpen, would not sharpen well, and if you could get them sharp, they would not stay sharp. Not only that several of them had thin blades, so they would easily bend when I was using them. I knew they did not work well, but I just kept using them.
She has gone for the exact same knives that I use at home…
We bought the JA Henckels knives, and I expect to be using these for a very long time.
I can only add to her comments that they truly are great knives. You can see here post here.