The largest set we carry, and the one that reads as a real wedding present rather than a gesture. Four knives, each picked for a job the other three do not do well.

The Regular Paring, 3¼ inches, handles the small close work. The Utility/Steak Knife at 4⅞ inches is the everyday size and doubles at the table. The Stubby Butcher, 5⅜ inches on a 9⅞ inch body, is the one that surprises people: short enough to control, heavy enough for a chicken or a roast. The Slicer, 7 inches, takes the ham, the turkey and the bread.

Every blade is hollow ground from surgical quality T420 high carbon stainless steel and hand sharpened in Iowa, set into permanently cast brushed aluminum handles with a built in finger guard. It ships in an attractive gift box, so no wrapping paper is needed. Made in Waverly, Iowa, with 100 percent American materials and construction, by a company that has been building knives since 1948. Covered by Rada's Lifetime Guarantee, which is a genuinely useful thing to give two people starting a kitchen.