10 Best Knife Blocks to Store Your Knives (2024)

Key Specs

• Material: Bamboo, silicone
• Number of Spaces for Knives: 9

This is Amazon’s #1 bestselling knife block, and it’s easy to see why so many home cooks are clamoring to add it to their carts.

The block comes in the wood color shown here, as well as blue, gray, and a green and white combo, and it's an ideal size for standard-sized drawers. It offers space-saving two-tiered design, with room for small and large knives measuring up to nine inches in blade length.

Reviewers say this knife block is a “great buy,” with nonslip feet on the bottom that make it easy to keep the block in place when opening and shutting the drawer.

Key Specs

• Material: Bamboo
• Number of Spaces for Knives: 6

If you have a handful of knives you use regularly, this 15 x 6 x 2.5-inch in-drawer storage option is worth checking out.

It features flexible dividers made from food-safe cork and rubber composite that will hold knives up to 12 inches long in place, and won’t dull their blades. It fits in any standard kitchen drawer, features a slim profile, and will allow you to fit plenty of other items in the drawer along with the knives.

This in-drawer option is a favorite of James Beard Food Award-winning chef J. Kenji López-Alt of America’s Test Kitchen fame.

Key Specs

• Material: Acacia
• Number of Spaces for Knives: 5+

This magnetized wooden strip can be mounted on your kitchen wall or wherever you need to regularly access knives. The smooth surface and handsome wood will look at home in contemporary and rustic kitchen settings, and this strip boasts a 100 percent lifetime guarantee. The knife holder comes with a robust metal wall mounting unit that will keep it—and your knives—secure.

Reviewers give this magnetic strip top marks for design, saying it keeps knives off the counter, but still easily accessible when you need them.

Key Specs

• Material: Stainless steel
• Number of Spaces for Knives: 8+

This stainless steel knife strip has earned an average of 4.8 stars from almost 22,000 happy users on Amazon. The 16-inch strip is made with super-strong magnets and covered with high-grade stainless steel. It can be stuck on a wall in your kitchen, the fridge, or on the inside of the pantry door. The strip comes with easy mounting hardware and instructions, and fits a minimum of eight knives and utensils.

Reviewers rave about this “great alternative” to a bulky counter knife block, saying it’s especially great for small kitchens and those who hate clutter.

Key Specs

• Material: Plastic
• Number of Spaces for Knives: 4+

This plastic organizer doubles as a wall-mounted draining rack and keeps knives, scissors, and other utensils neatly tucked away. It comes with all of the hardware you need to install it, and the hollow design makes it ideal for hanging above your sink.

The wallet-friendly organizer comes in white, gray, black, pink, light blue, and dark blue, ensuring there's a style that will suit your particular kitchen aesthetic.

This drain organizer is ideal for students, folks just getting into the swing of cooking, and people with small kitchens who need to maximize space.

Key Specs

• Material: Stainless Steel and Plastic
• Number of Spaces for Knives: 10+

This stainless steel knife block features a scissors slot and manages to hold up to 12 knives with blades that measure eight inches or less. This storage solution is great for people with a lot of stainless steel in their kitchen, and the weighted bottom gives the tall unit serious stability. The bottoms of the knives do not touch the surface of the block, which protects the sharpness of the blade.

It also features a drain hole, so it’s ok to put knives in if they’re still a bit damp. The stand can be taken apart and washed in the dishwasher.

Key Specs

• Material: Wood
• Number of Spaces for Knives: 8

This rubberwood knife holder makes a beautiful and unique design statement and will fit an array of long knives and other kitchen utensils, like scissors and honing rods. The storage unit is inspired by traditional Japanese furniture and will look right at home in traditional, modern, and contemporary kitchens.

This is the perfect storage unit for a design-conscious home cook who wants to keep their knives and tools on hand without cluttering up the counter with an unsightly object. The one major strike against this unit, however, is that it’s hand-wash only.

Key Specs

• Material: Plastic
• Number of Spaces for Knives: 9

This high-tech storage unit will appeal to your inner germaphobe. It comes in white and green, fits up to nine blades, with the longest slot fitting an 8.66-inch blade, and will also hold chopsticks, small utensils, and other items.

This unit disinfects all items with the touch of a button, too; the LED UVC disinfection eradicates 99 percent of all bacteria within five minutes. The knife block is also bacteria-resistant.

With the increased awareness of germs that the pandemic ushered in, this block is finding a whole new audience of enthusiastic users, who love its dual purpose.

Key Specs

• Material: Beech wood
• Number of Spaces for Knives: 10

This modern magnetic knife block is a striking way to store knives and metal scissors. This Zwilling storage piece is made by Italian artisans who take 24 steps to fabricate each block. Each block is made with sustainably sourced wood and assembled in an energy-efficient production facility.

Reviewers say the high price is worth it for the quality, saying it’s sturdy, beautiful, unique, and has great magnetic hold.

Key Specs

• Material: Wood
• Number of Spaces for Knives: 11

This wallet-friendly knife block holds up to 11 knives and scissors. Henckels was founded in 1895, and has built its reputation since then by providing high-quality pieces at affordable prices. This knife block will fit into most kitchen settings, and is both sturdy and attractive.

While the slots accommodate a lot of knives, the deepest slot can only fit a 10-inch blade, with many slots only able to hold blades that measure seven inches or less. The block overall earns high praise for its classic design and accommodation of both regular and serrated knives, as well as kitchen shears.