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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Ray

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awesome knives. hold an edge. sharp as hell

Ray wrote:
> 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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> 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

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:
http://www.consumersearch.com/www/ki...fullstory.html

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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 > wrote:

> 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" > wrote:

> 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 ****ed at having to regrind the edge.)

> 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 wrote:
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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.

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

that look in your eye wrote:
>
> 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

> 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

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.