Mercer Culinary Double Zip Knife Case, Stainless Steel, Black, 49.5 x 6.1 x 24.2 cm

Mercer Culinary has made a solid product here. First off let me say that I'm always a fan of red and black color schemes - they look evil and classy all at once. Black exterior and red interior provide a great look for a great bag. Behind one well built zipper is roomy, 4-pouch-a-side compartment for larger utencils, be they spoons, slicers, larger chef knives, they'll fit comfortably. Inside the other pocket is a more miscellaneous tool oriented space with 8 pouches on one side (4 on top, 4 on bottom) and a small zipper pouch with a roughly equal size mesh, Velcro sealed pouch. My parking knives, santoku, thermometer, peeler, shears, and several other tools fit well into these smaller pockets, while the other side has room for my scraper, sharpies, notepad and personal scale. Moving to the outside, these two heavier zippers are secured by well made locking straps. There are two reasonably sized zipper pockets on the outside that could hold business cards, recipe cards or similar sized items. Finished off with a tough but nice black finish, and a simple silver Mercer logo, and you've got a good bit of bang for your buck with this purchase.My background: I've been cooking in a variety of restaurants for the past 8 years. I started off with a Wusthof classic creme handled ikon chef knife years back and have been growing my arsenal of culinary tools ever since. When I started culinary school at Saint Paul College this past fall, I had the low end Wusthof bag that most students get in their kit -i had found mine on sale at a local knife shop earlier in the summer. It was a cheap chef roll bag that served its purpose but had some drawbacks -weakly made pockets, limited tool (non knife) space, didn't close well. I've known other cooks and chefs to have had and hated those Wusthof bags, so I upgraded to this bag. Very happy with my purchase.

Sturdy knife bag, seems durable. Has so much room I almost don't need a bagpack.

It looked awesome, very fancy looking but it broke in a matter of 3 months from the inside and the zipper also broke.

This culinary bag holds quite a few knives and tools in two compartments, which is very convenient. The carrying handle and strap provide options for transporting this bag. I would recommend using knife guards for any knives stored in this bag, as eventually, the knives will cut the fabric (but that is a good habit anyway, to use knife guards whenever transporting knives). Also, for longer handled knives and tools, they slide out of their slots, so one suggestion I would make to Mercer is to add Velcro straps to hold them in place. My only complaint, really (but it is fairly significant).

Nice case. I’ve had a few knife rolls after working in kitchens for 13 or so years, my only problems here is that there are no specific slots for pens/thermometer etc. though there are four smaller zippered pockets, and a lot of the time my smaller knives will come loose in the bag and bounce around. That being said, lots of space for a variety of knives and tools. Decent case for the money.