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All my knives are Henckels too, and they feel just right in my hands. But I pretty much have to sharpen them each time I pull them out...

A crazy favorite of mine is a set if 6 "steak" knives in a block that I got from a dollar store in an emergency. They are paring knife sized serated blades in plastic handles. I've used them for 4 years now, all the time for a hundred little tasks such as halving grapes for the kids or trimming off crusts. And I just throw them in the sink to be gorged on by the dishwasher at night. They have all survived. I love them because I don't feel obliged to wash them right away and there's enough of them to get me through the day. I had only expected them to last me a week!