if you want a decent quality knife set for very little money, i can highly recommend these:

http://uk.knivesandtools.com/en/ct/eden-quality-classic-vg10.htm?filter=P|producttype|kitchen-knives|O;P|brand|brand-eden|O;&sortorder=2

decent steel, hold an edge really well, and they're just generally fantastic kitchen tools. rather than waste money on a 'sabatier' set like this, just buy an 8" cooks' knife and a parer instead, and get a decent sharpening stone and a ceramic stele to keep them in decent condition. they'll do 95% of what you want in the kitchen, and you can add the bread knife, carving knife and utility knife later if you'll use them enough to warrant it. i've got the damast set myself, but the only difference between them and the classic vg10 series is the look of them - i paid extra for the pretty damast finish.

as an entry to point to high-end knives, these can't be beaten on value for money, in my opinion.

Hmmm.....I bought a Sabatier set from Sainsburys and was very disappointed with them. They just didn't cut brilliantly and weren't very sharp. After reading up afterwards the Sabatier name isn't always all it's cracked up to be. Don't mean to moan, I bought some cheapest from Argos recently and am thrilled with them.

​it is a word which is not protected so any Tom dick or harry could make a blade and stick Sabatier on it. it should indicate a high quality knife which has been produced through a fully forged process but there are no guarantees that it's not just a cheap blade.

Agreed,

Sabatier is the maker's mark used by several kitchen knife manufacturers—by itself it is not a registered brand name. The name Sabatier is considered to imply a high-quality knife produced by one of a number of manufacturers in the Thiers region of France using a fully forged process; the knives of some of these manufacturers are highly regarded. However, the name "Sabatier" came into use before intellectual property laws and is not protected; knives legally bearing the name range from high-quality knives made in France to cheap mass-produced products of poor quality from France and other countries; a registered logo or full name, or both, such as "65 Sabatier Perrier", is necessary to establish origin and quality.

if you want a decent quality knife set for very little money, i can highly recommend these:

http://uk.knivesandtools.com/en/ct/eden-quality-classic-vg10.htm?filter=P|producttype|kitchen-knives|O;P|brand|brand-eden|O;&sortorder=2

decent steel, hold an edge really well, and they're just generally fantastic kitchen tools. rather than waste money on a 'sabatier' set like this, just buy an 8" cooks' knife and a parer instead, and get a decent sharpening stone and a ceramic stele to keep them in decent condition. they'll do 95% of what you want in the kitchen, and you can add the bread knife, carving knife and utility knife later if you'll use them enough to warrant it. i've got the damast set myself, but the only difference between them and the classic vg10 series is the look of them - i paid extra for the pretty damast finish.

as an entry to point to high-end knives, these can't be beaten on value for money, in my opinion.

I bought these a couple of years back, exactly the same set. Very poor quality metal, 2 snapped while I was using, 1 of them pretty dangerously, and the large knife had started to crack where the 'handle' blends into the blade. Cheap enough at the money, but don't think you're getting the best, you aren't.

look ok to me...heat

Any knife is only as good as the person who sharpens it. You can spend hundreds but if they're not looked after then they'll blunt. I use a ceramic water sharpener. Used to have a Japanese shinkansen one, but after that broke have replaced with one that cost about 4 quid from Morrison's, then latterly one from asda for about 6 quid. Fill it with water and just roll the knife through 5-10 times about once a week.