4" Paring knife -- use this one for cutting small stuff, like peeling vegitables and fruits
8" Chef knife -- I use this one the most, cutting vegitables, meats
8" Carving knife -- this is meant for cooked meat.
8" Bread knife -- we use this for cutting home made bread, all the time
5" Bagel Knife with scalloped edge -- not only this one is good for cutting bagel, it would be very useful to cut acidic food, tomato, lemon, etc. These food would cause your smooth blade knives to dull. To cut these acidic food, better to use serrated knives like this one.
Only 5 knives, not 7.
7 piece means including the honing steel and bamboo knife block