HI vs. Cutco

Never used their knives, but I got a cookbook of theirs about 30 years ago, containing one of my favorite pork chop recipes. Layer shredded cabbage, alternating with layers of thinly sliced potatoes and cream of mushroom (or potato) soup. Sprinkle each layer with flower. Top the whole thing with seared pork chops. Cover and bake (375, I think) for an hour.

I don't think that HI could make a kitchen knife that is thin enough for me. I made an entire meal with my Kumar Karda, just to see if it could be done. Worked OK, but peeling potatoes was a major pain. Not that I do that with a knive, anyway.
 
I worked for Cutco here in The Merry Land of Oz for around a year and a bit. It paid for my final 2 years in High School.

That was around 8 years ago. And like everyone has said, they're *STILL* using their Cutco. Nowhere near as tough as an HI Khuk, but they're really great.

It was only a few weeks ago I realised that a church friend was the daughter of a family I sold a set to 8 years ago! She told me the family is still using "...those knives"!

Yes, their sales pitch is pretty aggressive and at time, extremely tedious. I have no idea about their quality now, but since they first came here with a handful of offices, they have expanded at least 50 in Australia alone...
 
munk said:
A nice wedding gift and you can bury it in the Burgler's forehead. But when I say fork I mean something 18" long.

I haven't had a decent barbecue fork in many years now.

munk
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There's a lot of difference between an Ulu and a cleaver as y'all know and I don't believe you can have both in one knife due to ergonomics.:(

But if you want cleavers don't overlook the Famous Chinese & Japanese Cleaver's!!!! I just checked on the Chinese because that's what I'm personally familiar with. And different Asian cleavers are made for different applications, some meat cleavers are Not designed to cut bone for instance.
I did quite a study on cleavers a few years ago, never did get the No.6 I was wanting but did get a wonderful Chinese Cleaver from our local Viet Namese Supermarket.:D

Here's some links for cleavers ifen ya wanna look see.;)
Noticed Kershaw has a Great Looking Chinese Cleaver but it's a bit spendy as many of them are. We gave less than $10.00 for ours, it ain't so pretty until you get to working with it.:cool:

http://www.chefdepot.net/cleavers.htm

http://store.yahoo.com/kkapers2/16984.html

http://www.lamsonsharp.com/lamproduct_cleavers.html

http://shopping.yahoo.com/b_cleavers_21017002

Oh yeah. Almost forgot....
Munk Barb and I bought one helluva set of BBQ tools at Walmart a few years back. Extra Heavy Duty Stainless and a fork like you're wanting. Gave around $50.00 for the set and it is Chinese made, but a very, very, nice set!!!!!:eek: :D
 
This one is similar to what we got but is prettier. And you can Most Definitely see the hardening line on our cleaver!!!!:eek:
Not so wide but useable for many, many, years!!!!:D

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One of my Great-Uncles, then my Uncle, then my Cousin were meat-cutters (as opposed to butchers...butchers worked at the cattle yard and did the killing and quartering, meat-cutters were the skilled trade and did the "cuts" for market).

I remember from my days working with them doing cleanup at the "West Side Market" in Cleveland the array of implements they used. There was this one chopper about 3 foot long, double handed grip, that they only used for a couple of cuts on a quarter. It was *impressive* so see them swing that monster! :eek:
 
I have a set of them..great knives still as sharp as when I got them about 6 years ago...use them everyday
 
Nasty,
I have one of those giant cleavers. While growing up, there was a small meat market down the street from my house. I guess it was there for 50 years or more as the man took it over from his father. My brother and I would go down there on Saturday mornings and help him out cleaning up or stacking/splitting hickory (we started hanging around there when we were 11 and 12). The place was famous for hickory smoked summer sausage. He would let me and my little brother eat lunch in back with he and his father. His father was in his late 80s and in a wicker wheel chair. We probably pestered the hell out of them, but they never let us know it. They taught us all kinds of interesting stuff like how to get rid of freckles and surefire ways to attract and catch crawfish. The old man was a tuff old cuss. Standard meal for him was a couple pieces of toast spread thick with whitened bacon grease they kept in a coffee can (dumped their skillet in it after cooking) by the cooler. He was also positioned next to a trash can so he could spit his "days work" plug tobacco. The old man died at 92 and Jerry(son) only lasted about 7 years after that. He died at 60 of cancer. His widow held an estate sale and I got his giant cleaver and a two-man meat saw with oak scales on each end for 5$ each. I guess that was about 15 years ago. The cleaver handle is 19" long. The blade is 13". It's 7.5" wide at the tip and 5" wide at the handle. The blade is 9/16" thick at the handle. No idea what it weighs, but it is heavy even by kuk standards. Says Foster Brothers/ Trade Mark 13 on the blade. It hung on the side of their walk in cooler. Never saw anyone use it. Lots of good memories down in that store....haven't thought about it in a long time.

Otto
 
Anybody know what it is worth? There is a crack in the handle that goes around a knot in the wood. Foster Brothers Trade Mark 13.

Otto
 
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