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- Feb 7, 2013
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- 47
Wow, lots of hate here. First I have seen it here on this site. Sad, but it is a public forum I suppose.
What can you expect from a sales rep but them promoting their product? Its merchandising 101. Same as Kirby vacuums or Fuller brushes. Or Snap-on tools. Their salesmen are trained, and to be able to sell, they have to believe it themselves. Ehh, who cares. Blah blah blah
A few years back my son in law became one of their sales reps, so we bought a few of their knives to help him out. Seems we got some sort of discount, not sure. All I can say is they are nice knives. We use them alot and they seem to hold an edge pretty well, maybe better than many others. I also have the hunting knife which my sil bought for me for Christmas. It has a serrated edge and a rubber handle so I don't use it much, but it is very sharp. Then I was rewiring this older house a few years back and found one of them, an old one with a different looking handle and a straight blade. It looked like it had been used a lot but it was still razor sharp. The new home owner told me to keep it and a nice Japanese bayonet I also found. Turns out the Cutco knife is from the 60's or early 70s. But the warranty still covers it. I checked with Cutco.
I'm not sold on these knives but figure they are better than most, and I do not go for the door to door salesman routines either. Although I do have a gen 4 or 5 Kirby and a toolbox with lots of Snap-on tools (all from the 70's when I was a professional mechanic). I have found that sometimes, sometimes, you can overlook the hype and still end up with better than avg items.
just my $.02 here
What can you expect from a sales rep but them promoting their product? Its merchandising 101. Same as Kirby vacuums or Fuller brushes. Or Snap-on tools. Their salesmen are trained, and to be able to sell, they have to believe it themselves. Ehh, who cares. Blah blah blah
A few years back my son in law became one of their sales reps, so we bought a few of their knives to help him out. Seems we got some sort of discount, not sure. All I can say is they are nice knives. We use them alot and they seem to hold an edge pretty well, maybe better than many others. I also have the hunting knife which my sil bought for me for Christmas. It has a serrated edge and a rubber handle so I don't use it much, but it is very sharp. Then I was rewiring this older house a few years back and found one of them, an old one with a different looking handle and a straight blade. It looked like it had been used a lot but it was still razor sharp. The new home owner told me to keep it and a nice Japanese bayonet I also found. Turns out the Cutco knife is from the 60's or early 70s. But the warranty still covers it. I checked with Cutco.
I'm not sold on these knives but figure they are better than most, and I do not go for the door to door salesman routines either. Although I do have a gen 4 or 5 Kirby and a toolbox with lots of Snap-on tools (all from the 70's when I was a professional mechanic). I have found that sometimes, sometimes, you can overlook the hype and still end up with better than avg items.
just my $.02 here
