If, like me, you've got too many cooking knives, then the knife block is a monstrously huge thing that takes up way too much space and, when work space is limited, an alternate storage solution becomes a necessity. A trawl around the internet quickly proved there weren't that many long (50 plus cm) magnetic rails around but this one is excellent. No, it's not as pretty as some I've seen but it fastens to the wall easily and looks fine. Best of all, it holds all of my cooking knives and a pair of scissors securely and with a reasonable space between them.