Nice set. I bought these to replace my current chop sticks that I regularly put in the dish washer, which I sure you are totally not supposed to do, but alas, both hubby and I are inherently lazy when it comes to doing dishes properly. For example, our 'good' knives say not to put in the dish washer, but we do anyways. How does washing knives in a dish washer dull them? I totally veered off subject (apologies), which was these Youmie Japanese Natural Wood Chopstick set. Nice looking set in persoSee full review