The role of the knife rack

A knife rack including a back plate, on the front face of which is positioned a plurality of laterally spaced apart ribs to form a plurality of vertically disposed channels for the storage of a plurality of knives. A horizontal retainer bar is mounted across the outer face of the vertical ribs in a position adjacent the upper end of the ribs, so as to retain stored knives in the said channels. The knife rack is adapted for attachment to the inner side of a face kitchen cabinet door, or on a kitchen wall, or some like surface to which the knife rack may be secured.