Cutco knives??

awesome knives. hold an edge. sharp as hell

Ray said:

Anybody know anything about them? My wife has a friend who
is having a demonstration. If they are any good, I would
consider buying something.

Cutco knives are stamped, not forged. They charge forged
prices because they are sold by Mulit-Level_Marketing. You
can buy good forged knives for the same price or less.
Way..way overpriced.

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is having a demonstration. If they are any good, I would
consider buying something.

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Anybody know anything about them? My wife has a friend who
is having a demonstration. If they are any good, I would
consider buying something.

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Overpriced. Mediocre performance at the price of the good
stuff. Skip the demo and go to a real knife store. Ed

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Anybody know anything about them? My wife has a friend who
is having a demonstration. If they are any good, I would
consider buying something.

Very over priced and of only medium quality at best.

I do like their cooking forks very much though. I get a
chewed up Cutco fork for a coupla bucks off ebay and have my
wife take it to the demos. She asks about the warranty, gets
the grand treatment that Cutco has a lifetime replacement
policy and them plops down the destroyed item...bingo we
have a new fork

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my daughter sold these when she was in high school. I got
her sample set. They didn't last. I would agree they are
overpriced and not of good quality.

Suzan

To echo what everybody else here said: mediocre knives at a
ridiculously inflated price. Consumersearch.com has some good info on
which are good knives to consider:
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Anybody know anything about them? My wife has a friend who
is having a demonstration. If they are any good, I would
consider buying something.

Ray said:

Anybody know anything about them? My wife has a friend who
is having a demonstration. If they are any good, I would
consider buying something.

Overpriced junk. Get Wusthof-Trident, Classic or Grand Prix
(same blades, different handle styles).

Ray said:

Anybody know anything about them? My wife has a friend who
is having a demonstration. If they are any good, I would
consider buying something.

It's a good way to learn about demo-inspired marketting.
They're not bad knives, but in my opinion way the hell
overpriced.

(OK, I sort of cheated. I brought my Hartsfield to the demo.
"My knife can cut your knife in half." I didn't demo that,
though. Phill would have been [censored] at having to regrind
the edge.)

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Anybody know anything about them? My wife has a friend who
is having a demonstration. If they are any good, I would
consider buying something.

I had a pastry chef once who had the spatula/spreader combo.
*Very* handy piece, I've often wanted one, but it's about
the only one I'd consider. Pricy because of MLM.

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Anybody know anything about them? My wife has a friend who
is having a demonstration. If they are any good, I would
consider buying something.

I have two Cutco knives (bought from a friend of a friend).
They're somewhat overpriced for what you get, but I don't
think they're bad knives.

One of the knives is a semi-serrated "utility" knife (I
think they call it a "trimmer"😉. I find myself reaching for
this knife frequently - for cutting everything from meat to
string. I don't use it for "real" cutting but when I need
to quickly cut something or attack a bit of gristle that's
not cooperating, it's great. It stays sharp, but it's not
flimsy or flexible like most serrated knives, and it's just
the right size and shape for a utility knife. It's the one
Cutco knife I'd buy again (and I think it was fairly
reasonably priced)

The other knife is a chef's knife. I originally intended to
give it to someone as a gift, since I already had a very
nice Henckels chef knife, but I ended up keeping it. It's
not a bad knife. It's not balanced as nicely as the
Henckels, and I don't like the handle as well. But it does
stay sharp longer - not forever, but it doesn't need
sharpening as often as the Henckels.

All the real cooks are probably laughing at this, but even
after 10 years of practice (and an electric knife sharpener)
I still feel unsteady and uncomfortable sharpening my
knives. It's a chore that I put off, since it always makes
me feel like an uncoordinated, shaky idiot - so a knife that
stays sharp longer is sometimes appreciated, in a guilty
way. But the Cutco knife just can't compare to a freshly
sharpened Henckels - and it costs about the same.

Karen

Ray said:

Anybody know anything about them? My wife has a friend who
is having a demonstration. If they are any good, I would
consider buying something.

Their marketing plan is MLM, so some people will object to
the product based on that. Not exactly a valid objection
when it comes to the product. But if you obect to MLM
marketing, you can consider declining Cutco products based
on that independent of the quality of the product.

Their straight edge knives are made from very hard stainless
steel. This means they hold a mediocre edge for
astonishingly long but they are incapable of a truely sharp
edge. If you are skilled with a hone and you regularly keep
your blades so you can shave with them you will think these
blades suck. If you think you ought to buy a honing steel
some day but you're not sure why, getting a blade that holds
a mediocre edge for years could be a great idea. Not the
approach of the typical foodie on RFC, but it would be a
good strategy for someone who uses Consumer Reports to judge
the quality of their kitchen stuff.

Their "Double-D" edge blades are a different story. Every
kitchen needs one or two good serrated blades for various
uses. No matter that Cutco insists that their "Double-D"
edge blades aren't serrated, they compete with the entire
serrated market. Most serrated blades are made of cheap
steel and they don't last. Cutco serrated blades are in a
class of their own compared to the competition. Cutco
serrated blades are far and away the best serrated ones on
the market. When it's time to get your kitchen a couple of
serrated blades, go with Cutco and that part of your
equipment will be handled for life. Where most companies
that make serrated blades consider them to be a throw-away
product, Cutco views them as their core market.

On to the other random stuff in their line.

They make a hunting knife that's fabulous. Some people like
a straight bladed hunting knife but that means they need to
carry a honing steel or sharpening stone with it. No need
for that with a Cutco serrated hunting knife. It's not like
someone out hunting needs to slice roast beef thinly without
marks so serrated is fine in most uses while out hunting.
And it's under half the weight of a mean-looking K-Bar for a
blade than can gut and dress a deer in a snap.

I love their steak knife set. Steak knives are another of
those places where you don't need the finest carbon steel in
a finely honed blade that costs hundreds of dollars. The
special handle shape makes the knives very comfortable for
most people (and very uncomfortable for a few in exchange)
and the hand feel of a steak knife is one of the most
important features of it once you have a blade that can
reduce a steak to bite-size pieces easily.

I'm pretty sure they are overpriced but if your friend needs the money,
you may want to buy something. I have the vegetable peeler and it's
sharp enough to draw blood if you just hold the wrong end. I use it to
"peel" parmesan. :P

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One of the knives is a semi-serrated "utility" knife (I
think they call it a "trimmer"😉. I find myself reaching
for this knife frequently - for cutting everything from
meat to string. I don't use it for "real" cutting but when
I need to quickly cut something or attack a bit of gristle
that's not cooperating, it's great. It stays sharp, but
it's not flimsy or flexible like most serrated knives, and
it's just the right size and shape for a utility knife.
It's the one Cutco knife I'd buy again (and I think it was
fairly reasonably priced)

I've had this knife for about 15 years. I agree whole
heartedly with every word. I also at the time bought the
scissors that would cut through a penny, they are my garage
scissors and they will still cut through a penny (maybe
that's not really a big deal).

--Chris

that look in your eye said:

I'm pretty sure they are overpriced but if your friend
needs the money, you may want to buy something. I have
the vegetable peeler and it's sharp enough to draw blood
if you just hold the wrong end. I use it to "peel"
parmesan. :P

Send the friend an anon. gift and avoid a chunk of
your dollar going to the other levels of the MLM
hierarchy. blacksalt

LOL.. They make the best icecream scoop I have ever come
across. It can match ther most over-hardened icecreams. But
pricey, yes!

They also resharpen their knives for free, as long as you
ship to them.

I never liked the style of their handles.

All my knives are Henkel's and Wusthof... but I also spent
well over a thousand dollars on cutlery.