I haven't seen any of these on the "show us your new knife buy" thread and was curious if anyone has experience with them? From what I've read, Murray used to make this knife line but stopped. I've been wanting to pick up one of his high grades for a while and noticed he started making this Muteki line but they sold very quickly.
I woke up at 4:00 this AM and couldn't get back to bed so I browsed over to Carter Cutlery and boom he had seven Muteki knives listed. I'm pretty pumped as I grabbed a 5.68 Sun. All knives seven knives sold by 8:00AM.
Did anybody else buy one, or has one? I'm expecting it to be a little rough around the edges but a very good cutter. Curious if anyone else has an feedback?
Here is what Murray's says:
What are the differences between Muteki and Carter knives?
Carter Knives are precision forged to within 95% of their final shape, heat treated in pine charcoal fire, and have all the metallurgical work done personally by Murray. Murray also does the bulk of the remaining work to finish the knife. Carter knives include premium handles with contrasting liners, mosaic center pins, and the famous scary-sharp "Carter" edge that Murray does by hand. Carter knives include composite handles made out of premium synthetics and exotic woods ranging from G10, Carbon fiber, Micarta and natural stabilized woods.
Muteki knives are forged to within 80% of their final shape. They are heat treated in a coke fire. The work is done by Murray's apprentices under his close supervision (including the sharpening). They include functional Ironwood handles with no liners and functional riveted pins. In simpler terms the Muteki series offers the incredible cutting performance Carter Cutlery is known for at a lower price point.
http://www.cartercutlery.com/muteki-kitchen/
I woke up at 4:00 this AM and couldn't get back to bed so I browsed over to Carter Cutlery and boom he had seven Muteki knives listed. I'm pretty pumped as I grabbed a 5.68 Sun. All knives seven knives sold by 8:00AM.
Did anybody else buy one, or has one? I'm expecting it to be a little rough around the edges but a very good cutter. Curious if anyone else has an feedback?
Here is what Murray's says:
What are the differences between Muteki and Carter knives?
Carter Knives are precision forged to within 95% of their final shape, heat treated in pine charcoal fire, and have all the metallurgical work done personally by Murray. Murray also does the bulk of the remaining work to finish the knife. Carter knives include premium handles with contrasting liners, mosaic center pins, and the famous scary-sharp "Carter" edge that Murray does by hand. Carter knives include composite handles made out of premium synthetics and exotic woods ranging from G10, Carbon fiber, Micarta and natural stabilized woods.
Muteki knives are forged to within 80% of their final shape. They are heat treated in a coke fire. The work is done by Murray's apprentices under his close supervision (including the sharpening). They include functional Ironwood handles with no liners and functional riveted pins. In simpler terms the Muteki series offers the incredible cutting performance Carter Cutlery is known for at a lower price point.
http://www.cartercutlery.com/muteki-kitchen/