Never, ever put your knives, or anything else with a sharp point, in the drying rack point up. To do so is to court disaster! Several years ago a cousin of mine did exactly that. When she was finished with the dishes she decided to wipe down her cabinet fronts, and stepped up into a chair to reach them. She lost her balance, flailed her arms around to keep from falling, and slammed her right hand down onto the rack full of knives. Her hand was so badly damaged that the surgeons were barely able to save it, and she never regained use of it. Always keep the points and edges of your sharp utensils covered when you’re not actually using them. I don’t even put my knives in the drying rack at all. Instead, I very carefully dry them with a soft towel, staying on the back of the knife at all times, and immediately put them in the block. And this is the only kind of block I’ll use:
Note that it has no slots. It’s actually just a wooden box filled with very slender nylon rods. You can stick your knives in it in whatever position suits you. It won’t damage the knives and the knives won’t damage it. The perfect knife block.