Thanks for letting me know about the wooden magnetic knife blocks. I ordered one and installed it yesterday. Let me tell you about our recent saga involving knife strips. A few months ago, my son complained about how cluttered our counter tops had become and how hard it was to keep them clean. He threatened to reorganize the kitchen. In order to prevent having to look in vain for stuff when he did that, I did it myself. I mentioned in another thread how I replaced a huge rubber cutting board and am using another smaller one that is not kept on the counter. I got a knife block from Bed, Bath and B. It didn't look all that great but it worked. It was cluttered looking with all the knives on it as well. I got a knife holder for a drawer for steak knives and for knives that were too long for the magnets. We decided two magnet knife blocks would be better and Charlie wanted the ones from Ikea. We put up one and the knives didn't hang straight for some reason. We put up one knife block above the other to fix that problem. The one from BB&B is barely seen by the window. I stuck it there for no real reason except I didn't want to waste it and until we can think of a better use for it, it stays there. Meantime I saw this thread and decided the it would be nice for the second one. It is now up too. I thought the M.O.C. ones looked best. It is working well but the hangers and directions that came with it were lacking. The instructions for hanging it were written by a liability lawyer and were not helpful. It just told me about the dangers of hanging it in stupid places for obvious reasons. The anchors broke and had to be chiseled off to be flush with the wall and then I used a Command sticky strip to keep it from being wobbly. Here are some pictures of our knives. I know I have too many. I seldom use most of them. It is the same with most things in my life. I get what I think I need then get distracted by new, shiner objects and soon I have a houseful.
