Chicago Cutlery Centurion 3-Piece Knife Set
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Product Summary
Manufacturer: Chicago CutleryBrand: Chicago Cutlery
Release Date: 2005-05-01
Model: Centurion
Color: Black
Product features:
- 3-piece knife set featuring chef's knife, utility knife, and paring knife
- High-carbon stainless-steel blades resist rust and stains; exclusive Taper Grind edges stay sharp and are easily re-sharpened
- Heavy-duty forged bolsters offer balance; full-tang blades extend from tip of knife to end of handle
- Black polymer handles secured by triple-compression stainless-steel rivets
- Classic styling; hand wash only; made in China; covered by lifetime warranty
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Kitchen and Housewares Reviews of Chicago Cutlery Centurion 3-Piece Knife Set
Customer Review: Not as good as they used to be
Summary: 3 Stars
In my 55 years I have purchased predominately Chicago Cutlery knives. For the first time I am disappointed. While not the best of knives, they had always been good quality steel, good quality handles, and good workmanship. Making them, I thought, about the best value on the market, and a good knife that you would want in your home.
All of the knives that I speak of here are the Centurion model. I have purchased 2 sets of 4 steak knives, the 3 knife set of chef knife, paring, and utility, also the slicer, and the serrated bread knife, for a total of 13 knives.
If anyone has read my comments on the steak knives I would like to amend that here. I have noticed that all of the rivets on all 8 knives stand proud of the handle. A sure sign of poor workmanship and poor quality control. The rivets on the rest of the knives are either exact or acceptable.
I don't recall ever buying a Chicago Cutlery knife that was sharp out of the box, but they weren't too bad. Out of the 12 of these knives, discounting the serrated bread knife, only 2 meet the not very high Chicago Cutlery standard for sharpness. The other 10 are quite dull and will require a lot of work. The first inch of the chefs' knife, near the heel, has been so badly buggered that it will be difficult to fix even with my course diamond stone. The slicer has a nick in the blade that is about 1/16 inch wide and 1/64 inch deep. This is not repairable except by someone with the equipment to regrind the shape of the knife. The first 2 inches of the slicer has been ground in a concave shape. Because of the angle of the bevel here, it looks as if someone buggered the blade and had to grind this concave shape in order to fix what they messed up. The rest of the blade is straight until the end where it is convex coming to the point. There is no point in making only the first 2 inches concave, but what happens is that the knife cannot now be sharpened on flat sharpening stones. The picture of the knife, even when magnified, does not show this area to be concave.
I am no metallurgist, but it looks as though the quality of the steel is not as good as it was. It looks a little less gray, and a little more shinny. Indicating lower carbon content, indicating lower quality steel.
It is a shame that everything is becoming Wal-matized. A poorer and poorer quality. Some things that I have purchased were so bad that they were not even usable for their intended purpose. These knives are not anywhere near that bad. I will send the chefs knife and the slicer back to Chicago Cutlery for replacement. If the ones I get back are in good shape then the knives may still be a good value for the price. But, the poor workmanship really brings that into question.
Description of Chicago Cutlery Centurion 3-Piece Knife Set
Chicago Cutlery Centurion 3-Piece Set includes 1-Each paring knife, 1-Each utility knife, 1-Each chef knife.Chicago Cutlery Centurion collection have high-carbon stainless steel blades with our exclusive Taper Grind edge that provides optimum sharpness and makes it easier to keep edges sharp over time. Full-tang blades coupled with a heavy duty forged bolster provide balance and strength. The black polymer handles give Centurion a classic look while the triple riveted construction provide safety.Boxed Chef Sets
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