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Here is the knife I have that cuts very well. It folds, and is safe and easy to carry.

The Walmart price is about $10 however I got a box of them from another source for less.



http://www.walmart.com/ip/WINCHESTER-22-49435-Folding-Knife-3-1-2-In/40750376

If you actually use that knife you'll find its not much of a bargain.

if there is I haven't found it yet... When I can skin a whole moose and not have to sharpen my knife I'm sold on it. So tell me about these better knives for the same price point and I will look at them until then I will keep buying cutco. I used one of those Havalon knives for about 5 minutes on a moose I broke a blade and I was done with that thing. Told my buddy give me back my cutco..

I have two full sets of Cutco knives one I bought used 2 years ago, it has mostly serrated edges. They hold a edge very well. The other one I got from my late father in law he was a amazing machinist and knew tools and steel who told me when he gave them to me. " they won't need sharpening very often and you'll still have them around for many more generations" he was a frugal man but he paid a Hanson price 70 years ago and thought they were worth the money. That set is not serrated and I use them for butchering deer. Our church has a Wild Game Dinner so we cut up about 20 a year, great knives. I have a custom made knife I use for hunting that I bought from a master knife maker who worked at the Howard city Olson factory here in Michigan it's made from steel from that plant. But the Cutco is keep a edge every bit as good as the Olsons I own if that says anything about the steel.

Had a cutco hunter myself for years, it was a gift. Didn't cut well with that serrated edge, had the factory grind it off. Still won't make it through a whole deer skinning job w/o being sharpened. The steel simply is not that great compared to many other cutlery steels. Arguing to the contrary shows lack of experience with almost any other steel with a decent blade geometry or heat treat.

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I am very doubtful the OP made it through multiple moose with a cutco knife, maybe one but it would be a tough chore toward the end. I know my way around knives, their steel, edge geometry and heat treat. 440A won't get it done, with some sharpening absolutely, but you won't convince me of multiple animals the size of moose w/o that blade losing a lot of its edge while doing the job. This thread smells funny to me. My 2 cents, take it or leave it. Bothers me when things like this pop up, embellish some on a hunting story to make it a little more exciting is one thing, false information to sell a product is another.

MM

I am a hobby maker who sells once in a while, been doing it for a few years now. It takes me at least 8 hours to complete a knife, some makers I'm sure do it much faster but I don't. There is zero chance I'm going to work 8 hours to settle an internet disagreement and send you a knife at cost. If you like your knife so much that is fine by me, and maybe you did get through the moose, I really might be wrong and I'm fine with that. But I know it would have been an S.O.B at the end because that knife had to be pretty dull. Listen to a few other people on here who have tried those knives( like myself) and then used other knives with better cutlery steel and have seen there is a significant difference in edge retention. That is the beauty of internet forums, you can learn from a lot of people who have more experience in fields that you may not in a very short amount of time. Alot of what I learned on becoming a maker I pulled off this forum from guys who have been doing it along time. Not ONE of them would spend time making a custom out of 440A, and there is a reason for that. You should ask yourself why guys who make a living based upon a knife's performance won't use that steel. Its not because Cutco knows something they don't.

MM