Hi all! I was just surfing and thought I'd check out what was said about Cutco on here. I am a Cutco rep, so you won't be hearing from me much because I hate when reps flood message boards trying to convince people to buy Cutco -- I mean, either you like it, or you don't.
There was some confusion about the blade material. It is 440A high carbon, surgical stainless steel with a Rockwell hardness of 55-57C. 410A is what the garden tools are made of.
Cutco's blades ARE stamped, which could make them dull faster. The reason that they don't dull quickly is because of the DD Edge. On the other hand, I have talked to several customers who ordered Cutco with the straight edges at no extra charge and have been very satisfied for 20+ years.
Perhaps our tempering process is what makes the difference here. We heat-temper our blades to 2000 degrees F, then cold-temper to -100 degrees, and then heat-temper again to 365.
All I know is that I have been working with this company for 3 years and have only ever met one customer who was not satisfied, and she only had one paring knife for 15 years -- the paring knife is not the best representative of our product, especially when it's by itself and gets overused.
Hope that this is informative and helpful!