After stumbling across a blog post about how big brand kitchen products and appliances are mostly just hollow shells with little to no integrity, I found that same blogger/journalist has a robust list of brands that haven’t gone the way of capital sell-outs that goes way beyond kitchen utensils.
It’s worth taking a look at the list as well as the articles. The articles are conversational, but with lots of links to the source material.
that’s the funny thing, they’re legitimately fine knives. i worked at a restaurant that had been using cutco knives for years before i got there, and they held up better than certain “commercial quality” knives we got from our supplier.
they’re by no means “good”, but they’re perfectly serviceable and will last a LONG time. i used their ungodly 9” serrated carving fella as my goto veggie prep knife for literally 7 years. it was super predictable and i could butcher a pound of veg faster than anyone else on staff hahahah
How do you sharpen serrated knife?
if you’re fine with slowly destroying the serrations, the same way you sharpen any knife!
actually though serrations are generally only cut from one side, so you can very carefully sure up and hone the flat side. the opposite you would do with something like a flat ground tanto.
if you wanna be REALLY careful you can use a round sharpener that matches the size of the serrations and hit each one individually. this will also redefine their points if they’ve been dulled by less careful sharpening.
although since it’s also a cutco knife you can just send it to them for free sharpening, you just have to pay for postage.
Pretty sure a butter knife sharpened on a brick would be serviceable
i mean, yeah? if you shape and profile it by hand, even shitty steel can be turned into a very useful tool. the question quickly becomes “is hours of my labor worth less than $20?” hahahah
20 is one thing, sounds like those knives are a lot more though. Getting the impression £20 or so is a pretty good price point for a knife.
if you look hard enough you can find em used for $20, generally with a fine edge lol. $20 for a new knife is almost always gonna get you something less than ideal, unless you’re really picky with brands or can buy at dealer prices.
like i’d trust anything from morakniv to hold up wonderfully, and the risberg is only $19, or you could get a basic 511 or 546 for like $14. they’re one of the best values in fixed blade bushcraft style knives i reckon.
but outside of them, i don’t know that i’d trust much at that price point.
Oh we talking about outdoor knives? Then yeah morakniv is good for the budget end and you don’t really need to spend more unless you are just showing off