Don't know where to find it, but also question the efficiency of storing knives in a huge tray like that when a knife block insert would store more knives in less space. Hmmm...also don't like the blades so exposed. Probably safe, but would still make me nervous. Not that you really asked. ;)

I'm going to take a wild guess that that's a custom job either by the cabinet maker, or perhaps the cutlery company! I love the simplicity of it, but you would be committed!!

lalitha I spent a lot of time looking for something similar to this w/o success. From what I could find it seems like most of these thing w/ routed out spaces for utensils are sold mostly in the UK and not here.

Hafele has some with utensil sets, but nothing w/ knives:

I got an OXO utensil set from Wood Hollow Cabinets, but they didn't have a knife one either:

This claims to be from JK Adams but I can't actually find it for sale on their website:

Sorry not to be of much help. I really like inserts w/ a slot for everything too, but ultimately had to just go w/ the rev-a-shelf knife block in drawer because I was driving myself nuts looking for something that may not be possible to get.

I did find one company that said it had a knife one that would ship to the US but I can't find the book mark right now and recall the cost being around $600 or something- if you wanted to spend that much, let me know and I'll keep looking for the book mark.

Goodness, it's lovely, like maybe for display if you are selling knives.

But if you are using them, it's a very bad use of space!

These might be a bit more efficient use of space (but not nearly as elegant!). They're from Richelieu, and there are others available as well. You can trim them to size.

http://www.richelieu.com/produit/index.php?id=-1

Rant on

That OXO set really gores my, um, ox. Or something.

Why would a company make you store a wine opener and cheese serving slicer in the same place as prep tools like a whisk and a potato masher? Because it's a "gadget?" Then why not put electric wire strippers and nose hair trimmers in the same drawer?

rant off

"but you would be committed!"

people have threatened to 'commit' me for a lot less - lol!

desertsteph... you tickled me, in that, er, laughing out loud sort of way... :)

In all seriousness, I would commit to a global knife set, commit to the space, and then at least three of my knives would be GUARANTEED to go missing.

I would be committed :) LOL.. My issue is that I really do not like knifes on a magenetic wall mounted thingie.. Makes me a bit nervous with all that sharp edges in the open at arms reach. If someone's hand slid a bit when grabbing a knife you can get a bunch of them falling down
(I can imagine bad things happening to my future soapstone counters) or some blood.. I have to contend with a DH and a kid who are clumsy but insist I am too fussy with knifes. With a knife block (even ones in the drawer, I cannot see what kind of knife it is without pulling it out.. So there is a hunt and peck involved. Also you have to be careful about sliding it into the block properly.. Was hoping to cut down on the fuss with a clear view (hopefully in a not very big drawer. I understand the point about the waste of space..have to think about the compromises.. Hmm... the richelieu option seems intriguing.

Lalitha, I think I have the 2nd Richelieu photo (if that's what it is) installed... not the greatest pic, but it gives you an idea.

I use Messermeister edge guards. My knives can go anywhere in their little black dresses. :) Actually, they make colored ones now too. :) Not as OCD friendly, but you can fit a lot more into a smaller drawer.

I agree that the Global one looks like a display. See how deeply the knives are set into the wood? It would work on the vertical, but I think wouldn't be convenient for taking knives in and out while cooking. Plus, it looks like it's cut off of a wood block. Notice that the ones Beagles shows are made of laminated one-by's.

It's got a great finished look, but I'll agree with everybody else about inefficient use of space. The other problem with that everything-in-its-place approach, with a specific cut-out for each knife in the set, is that you have to keep the "everything" constant. If you add something from outside the set (or outside the initial set of knives), will it even fit? Want to add an 8 or 10" German chef's knife to your Japanese set or vice versa? Is there a slot available? If there's a slot, will the knife fit? With a stock, inexpensive, in the drawer knife block, with vertical slots, it's just not much of an issue.

There is a knife drawer insert on the Sur La Table website that I was considering. Looks like it does the trick and doesn't take too much space.

"With a knife block (even ones in the drawer, I cannot see what kind of knife it is without pulling it out.. So there is a hunt and peck involved."

We use a drawer knife block so I can address this concern. There is a minor amount of hunting and pecking. Our steak knives go in the top half, our chef knives (2) in the bottom half, our bread knife is always on the right, our paring knife always on the left. You do have to be careful putting the knives away, but no more so than putting than in a counter knife block or probably even on a magnetic rack to avoid the other blades.

Aha! Here's a similar do it yourself option from Martha Stewart.

Here is a link that might be useful: Martha Stewart knife drawer.

Almost certainly custom fabricated.

Global would make theirs for metric sized drawers - and the picture is framed inset cabinets. Inset is not popular in Japan or metric dimensions.

Any woodworker with a jigsaw can make you that Global knife display piece . . . but it looks like the least practical thing imaginable, for all the reasons already mentioned.

john - a jigsaw is not going to make an insert like that!

It will take a lot more skill than than just "any woodworker" has to fabricate one with a decent fit for the cutlery, knives, tools. I believe it's called a "french fit" in the trade and a scroll saw is typically used when made by hand.

The OP's was prob. done on a CNC router , and I know for certain that the Hafele ones are.

Is this it?

Here is a link that might be useful: knife storage

I grant it was probably made with a CNC router, but I think a guy without such tools could either (1) take two pieces of wood, jigsaw the cutouts in one, glue them together, carve out the finger recesses, and sand it rounded, or (2) jigsaw the cutouts from a template sheet and use that to guide a regular router on the workpiece. I think a scroll saw or band saw would be tricky as the holes are not connected?

All you need is a set of chisels, a mallet or two, sandpaper and patience.

Hand tools . . . Yeah right, we're not in the Stone Age, or livin' on Yasgur's farm. Artistes, sheesh. :-)