These are quite lovely. I'd love to see your next soaps. I didn't have anything quite so pretty for several months into soapmaking. The problem with Chef's knives is the wedge shape of the knife (as you look at it from the sharp edge toward the top spine), which is great for cutting meat, but not not at all good for cutting smooth surfaces of soap.
If you have the luck of finding a pastry cutter in a thrift store (I've found them there for under a dollar at least twice in the past year), it's a good investment for your soaping supplies. I even found one at a Dollar Stores in California last fall while visiting my eldest son. It worked just fine for cutting the soap I made while traveling. So you don't always have to buy the most expensive supplies.
