Cutco Knives
May 11th, 2008 by Julie
I’ve never paid much attention to cutlery before, but a few friends of mine are on a mission to convert me to Cutco knives. Apparently, this is one of the top brands out there (though I’ve never heard of them), and lots of people swear by the products.
I went to the Cutco website to check out the offerings, and have to say that I was impressed by the range of cutlery sets they have available. Unfortunately, however, I couldn’t find any pricing information since the knives aren’t actually sold through the website. You have to enter your zip code to find an independent dealer, but that page wasn’t loading properly for me.
So I went to Google Product Search instead and discovered that the “Ultimate Entertainer Set” (pictured above) costs a mind-boggling $3,849.95!! Um, wow, I think I’ll pass on these!
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May 12th, 2008 at 6:24 pm
My MIL has had her Cutco for about 40 years, and they still cut, and have never been sharpened! We have the Homemaker set and love it. The table knives are the best, as well as the spreader with the blade on one side. Can’t live without them.
May 12th, 2008 at 8:06 pm
Really?? 40 years without having to sharpen them? Well, I guess if I spread that $3849 price tag over 40 years, it becomes a *little* more reasonable!
Thanks for the comment!
June 14th, 2008 at 1:27 pm
That sure is the list price…..however you can actually get that set for $2499 and it comes with 12 table settings! I’d say it’s beyond reasonable
June 16th, 2008 at 6:55 am
Michael, I guess I just can’t fathom spending that much money on knives, no matter how good they are or how many settings are included.
June 30th, 2008 at 6:07 pm
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July 5th, 2008 at 1:53 pm
Cutco is crap!!!
Sure they cut forever they are serrated. This is the lazy solution.
Ever see a professional chef using Cutco? NO
There are MANY quality knives out there that are far better, cheaper, and easier to obtain then Cutco. However a real knife will require regular upkeep and some learning on the part of the owner as far as sharpening etc.
I’m particularly fond of the KAI Shun line their wide blade Santoku will pop hairs off my arm without touching the skin for thos eof you who don’t know that is straight razor sharp.
Bottom line if you are lazy, don’t mind high pressure sales people, and want on overpriced overhyped product get Cutco. If you want quality look at what real chefs use: JA Henkels, Shun, Global, Wusthof, Hiromoto, Masahiro, Chroma to name a few
July 14th, 2008 at 12:14 am
I personally sell cutco knives and will vouch that they are great knives. if the above source did his research he would know that they are not known as a serated edge. cutco also makes several straight edged knives. my comparison knife for presentation is a wusthof. although they are comprable the cutco outperforms it. the cutco knives are also availabe at 1/3 the price of Henkels and wusthof.
if you get them from an independant contractor(through a district office) you will get a much better deal than can be found online, plus get the benifit of trying them before you buy them
July 19th, 2008 at 9:28 am
I too personally sell Cutco and i can offer that ultimate entertainer set for alot cheaper than you see up there. If you give me a call at 239-633-6332 I can offer it for $2449 or on a 5 pay option of $498.40 over five months, now that’s BEYOND RESONABLE!
August 5th, 2008 at 9:36 pm
i am a cutco sales personan i can tell you that i love them, i’m still new in the game but if you actually listen to presentation you will find out why cuto is better than wustof and henkles. i can also tell u that the ultimate set is 1999.00 which the same price you’ll pay for a wooden handled wustoff set on sale with is missing about 10 pieces. and questions just email me or visit myspace
402464842 | http://www.myspace.com/402464842
August 15th, 2008 at 4:52 pm
Just bought a mid range set of Cutco knives for $849 with taxes and shipping. It is a set of about 6 to 8 knives with an awesome scissors to boot. That is all the carving type knives I will need.
will get the dinner knives someday. great as a steak knife. The young man who did the presentation was polite and did not apply pressure. Just incentives. Oh, the ice cream scoop is awesome.
August 29th, 2008 at 1:37 pm
$3849 ?! ARE YOU INSANE? i’m a sales rep as well, but i can get you the ultimate set WITH flatware for $2089!! if that’s still too much, i can get you the ultimate set by itself for $1700…on top of that, i can still hook it up with some free stuff. email me at xavieg07@yahoo.com if you’re interested
September 2nd, 2008 at 4:13 pm
Ummmm all of you guys on here that sell Cutco, like me, are NOT supposed to be “trying” to sell your Cutco by saying hey give me a call & I can get it for you for this. You aren’t supposed to broadcast yourselves over the net to try & sell your Cutco.
November 18th, 2008 at 2:19 pm
Crooks, crooks, crooks
November 18th, 2008 at 2:19 pm
it’s a knife, Some people pay that much for a car!!!!!!!