Sharpening a Cutco - 3 easy steps

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[americanmade]

Cutco's big selling point is their free (give or take shipping) sharpening service. Why does anyone take it to Burrbenders, or any other sharpener, hmm?

[henrylim]

Haha, I've only held my sister's cutco knife, and it didn't seem that bad. Had a decent edge out of the box.

[BrettinLux]

Why only Japanese?I have a great set of German knives that are now 8 years old and no hassles.

[keithober]

i recently purchased a lanskey system and did every knife in my kitchen. In your opinion would that be suitable for a cutco set? my inlaws want me to sharpen their 10 year old set after playing with my knives.

[renostarman]

They are a perfect example of "if it costs alot it must be good". Which I fall for ALL the time.

[nickd]

I know now I over paid for my set I bought 30 years ago but ya know I keep them sharp and they work. Would I buy them again? no I wouldn't but I'm also not stupid enough to spend $400 on one knife.

[SQUAREDAWAYSHARPENING]

Ok, as a professional knife sharpener myself, this legitimately made me bust out laughing. Hahaha. It's true, Cutco knives are definitely not worth the money. They use low mid-tier steel (440A) and the non-serrated blades are basically at par with just about any mid-tier blade out there.

Now, I will go out on a limb and say Cutco isn't complete trash as the Double-D edge holds up for decades even with basically no maintenance and they do have a full tang on the majority of their knives but they are definitely not chef knives and certainly are not worth the price they cost.

I'd probably put them in the $100 to $150 value for a decent sized block. Instead, they go for hundreds, some blocks even well over $1, 000. That is why they have such a bad rep. The price does not match the quality.

They do have a place for people who have a lot of money and just want to buy a functional set of knives that they never really have to worry about again but no self-respecting chef is going to waste their money on something like that. There are so many better performing and better quality knives out there.

[CAVEMANable]

Cutco was the bomb back in the 60's and 70's. Nowadays, I guess not so much?

[philipfarnam]

Can't make a superior knife from inferior steel.

[caseytyler]

Bahaha hahahaha my parents have cut I I try sharpening them and they do okay but the metal has a bunch of cavities in it there’s a few in the blade edge even 😭 I’ve ground those out and ran into another whole terrible lol

[OtoPlahcinski]

Great Video /s. Could have at least went on to say the ideal way to sharpen it for those who already have one. I got mine from the training kit (quit before finishing training but kept my heavily discounted kit). I already know its an overpriced knife