H- wrote:
About five years ago I bought a kitchenette knife
set from Cutco. They are made in USA and are super. They are serrated (except for the paring knife) and perfect for all jobs except cutting vegetables. My mom gave me one of her old Henkel chef knives that covers that duty. 9.75 inch slicer is great for roast beef or prime rib. Other carving duties get handled by the petite carver. But most used knife is the trimmer -- especially for slicing tomatoes as the serrated blade cuts smoothly. If I lost it, I'd pay $70 to get another trimmer pronto.
Cutco gives you lifetime sharpening (I don't want to sharpen serrated blades myself). I've gotten an email that said mine are due for sharpening, but I don't use them daily so I haven't felt a need to send them in.
Cutco knives are simple and no bling, but top quality materials and customer support. Their "packages" are a bit confusing to me. If mine were stolen, I'd immediately order the three knives I mentioned above ($280) individually as I don't use the fork or paring knife much. I have no experience with their chef knife, but I'd try it based on my experience so far.
they actually are not serrated, it is a double d edge (I sold them and still use them)
I also have the home sharpening kit that the reps can use to touch up knives, including the double d edge.
That being said, if anyone really wanted some knives, I could figure out a way to get orders put through and I would give the most amount of money I could off (they use a point system for how they give away free items, and I know how high they will accept before they turn the order down)