Haha, its funny, one of their representatives came by my house to try to sell me their “fine cutlery” about a month ago. Glad I kept the money for other things XD
Yea, serrated knives tare up the meat. This comic is actually pretty accurate lol. Although if somebody else tried that they could just squish the meat.
Teagan
Actually Cutco knives aren’t truly serrated, so they don’t tear things up like you’d expect. I used to work for them, and while I’ll never go back to doing that they *do* sell good knives, if expensive ones.
And seconded! I work with knives and cutting various things up pretty extensively so this comic is indeed quite accurate.
Greenwood Goat
Do they have a scalloped edge, i.e. rippled like the edge of a scallop shell? Apparently, these do give the best of both worlds, though they can be harder to sharpen. Not that everyone does sharpen their knives.
Pink Freud
Ah, but “Cutco knives are made of surgical steel, that neither tarnish, nor need sharpening….”
I did a stint with them as well….
Dustin
Quit acting like a Cutco salesman. Their knives are actually crap and their company is a scam that steals from its “employees.” I knew a poor girl who lost $300 paying for their training, and sold her family over $1000 of shit knives for which she never even got paid commission.
They don’t make you buy the knives anymore, I was just working with them a few months ago. And I bought some of my own and I love them. So shush.
Pink freud
Yeah, they tried to do the same for me, which is why I bailed after the first day of ‘training’
Minty
I’m surprised at how many of you folks are former employees. I only went to the training, but to answer your question, Goat: Cutco knives, when not simply straight aren’t truly serrated. What they utilize is their patented Double-D Edge. Think a bunch of really tiny hooks at the edge of the blade. Although these hooks are not curved as one would imagine, they’re more boxy. In between those hooks is a straight edge. It actually does most of the cutting.
Tenko
First comment, and likely to never be read, but I’m getting it off my chest.
I’m not a Butcher, Chef, Knife Salesperson, or Meat Preparer.
I’ve done training for all 4. I apprenticed Butchery and as a Red seal Chef, at NAIT, Attended the CUTCO orientation, and worked in meat at Safeway. I hunt, and cut up my own Deer into steaks, and make my own pepperoni, and burger.
Cut-Co is a shitty company. But the knives they make are not terrible. They are OK knives. I like Ceramic’s Boker (with the umlaut over the O) Makes some very nice sets for Hunting. But those are not for everyone. Best Knives I’ve used, are from J.A. Henckel. Best knife I own is a Ceramic Ulu.
Wusthof, is the brand that most BIG chef’s use. They cost out the ass.
But while Cut-Co is a terrible company. They make an Ok knife. I still won’t buy one though.
All knives must be sharpened EVENTUALLY. A good one can just go longer without. Sharpening can be done a number of ways, But the ‘Ice Pick’ looking thing is a honing knife. It does no sharpening and will not help any dull blade. It straightens the edge, so you have a cleaner slice, in case the steel bends on a bone or part of the block. Ceramics don’t have that issue, however they are prone to simply shattering, or cracking or chipping. Sharpening is done with a grindstone, or a whestone, or wheel. Then the honing blade, and finally buffing or stropping.
And no matter what any knife salesperson tells you. If you have a really good knife. IT IS NOT DISHWASHER SAFE.
I worked as a butcher in my grocery store. Every knife in the department was smooth. A serrated knife tears apart the meat and makes it look terrible. It also doesn’t provide the even force along the blade that lets you slice through through the meat like a hot knife through butter. (Or your hand. You had to wear chainmail gloves/aprons when working with a knife there. You wouldn’t notice the knife had sliced off a finger if it had. They’re that sharp)
Finally, have you ever tried to sharpen a serrated edge? Good luck with that one 😛
Did you kill the animals? If not, then you were just a meat cutter. As a meat cutter that’s my biggest pet peeve when someone calls us butchers.
Digh
That’s… the actually name. The fuck, man?
Zoosmell
You are a butcher technically. Butcher can be used for either someone who kills and carves as well as someone who just does the carving.
Lokitsu
In professional circles, there’s a significant difference between a meat cutter and a butcher. Its the level of training, certification and well, pay scale.
Narbodi
I worked in the local grocery store’s meat department for three years. I was told I’d be trained as a Meat Cutter but wound up as just a Packer that knew how to work most of the boneless cuts.
On the upside, I can de-bone a turkey twice as fast as my mother, who has been cooking twice as long as I’ve been alive.
Regardless, I can vouch for what Lokitsu says. Pay scale, training and certification determines the difference between ‘Butcher’ and ‘Meat Cutter’.
It’s about the same as the difference between ‘Assistant Manager’ and ‘Front-End Manager’ in many stores. They do much of the same work, but one gets paid more for brown-nosing than the other.
Emmezali
OMG I thought you ment you de-boned your mother the first time I read that line :S
yeah, was just surfing the web due to boredom and checked my bookmarked comics and the opportunity was there.
Btw, Keep up the good work man, the comic is really funny and its so addicting ;D
You seem to be forgetting one simple thing: Arne said the stripper pole principle involves placing a pole near a group of “average” women, t.e. “normal”. Beth and Nina hardly count as normal.
Kramegame
Slutty-ness only stands to increase the rate of reaction, because then you don’t have to break the awkward phase.
Very true, but I’m still not sure they count into the stripper pole principle. They seem more along the lines of women who go looking for a stripper pole whether there is one near them or not.
Whatever the case, I am sure it could get very interesting…
Greenwood Goat
That level of sluttiness can cause the reaction to become compartmentalised, i.e:
– Yeesh, what a pair of skanks!
– You said it! (edges away)
Rose: Hey, that’s my mom and my sis you’re talking about! And mom’s more of a lush!
The faster he slices the meat, the more time he gets to spend enjoying the blood. He would have had less opportunity and would probably have been caught far sooner if he had been slow on the job. And if he ever graduates to human victims/donors, he”ll need the skills to get their blood out. Plastic fangs don’t make good lancets (they’re often not strong enough, for one thing), and have a chance of putting some random infection into the wound.
I can’t believe nobody else has said this yet: “So, he’s suggesting that his PERSONAL tool is dull, well-sullied, or both?”
As for the Cutco stories, they did a show at our local Costco last year while I was walking through with my kids, and he was doing the saw-on-a-hammer-head demo and cutting a tomato immediately afterwards. When I saw him prepping for it, I told my 10-year-old daughter to watch how he saws the metal with one part of the blade, but cuts the tomato with another un-dulled part. As her eyes widened in understanding, so did several other adults within earshot. I don’t think I was the rep’s favorite person after that.
77 thoughts on “Prowess”
Sandvich
Holy crap thats priceless! XD
David Herbert
In Australia, we do it at crotch level to illustrate our point.
Kramegame
So do we in the United States. just never do it slow. XD
Sir Bouncealot
Or slowly on another man. That’s just wrong.
Rachael
Omg! That is funny. haha
Blightning
You do it quick, and then you stop.
Reminded me (may have been intentionally) of this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0UJ9Ggs3Dkk
Jon
Ugh and you never make them touch! WKUK FTW.
thetruerift
Because you’re otherwise unable to locate your penis?
Minty
I’m not surprised it’s dull. A serrated knife would be much more useful.
Nick Wright
I thought so too originally, but it turns out most carving knives are not serrated.
Minty
Really? Damn you Cutco! Deceived again!
Sandvich
Haha, its funny, one of their representatives came by my house to try to sell me their “fine cutlery” about a month ago. Glad I kept the money for other things XD
Shannon
Yea, serrated knives tare up the meat. This comic is actually pretty accurate lol. Although if somebody else tried that they could just squish the meat.
Teagan
Actually Cutco knives aren’t truly serrated, so they don’t tear things up like you’d expect. I used to work for them, and while I’ll never go back to doing that they *do* sell good knives, if expensive ones.
And seconded! I work with knives and cutting various things up pretty extensively so this comic is indeed quite accurate.
Greenwood Goat
Do they have a scalloped edge, i.e. rippled like the edge of a scallop shell? Apparently, these do give the best of both worlds, though they can be harder to sharpen. Not that everyone does sharpen their knives.
Pink Freud
Ah, but “Cutco knives are made of surgical steel, that neither tarnish, nor need sharpening….”
I did a stint with them as well….
Dustin
Quit acting like a Cutco salesman. Their knives are actually crap and their company is a scam that steals from its “employees.” I knew a poor girl who lost $300 paying for their training, and sold her family over $1000 of shit knives for which she never even got paid commission.
Vanity
They don’t make you buy the knives anymore, I was just working with them a few months ago. And I bought some of my own and I love them. So shush.
Pink freud
Yeah, they tried to do the same for me, which is why I bailed after the first day of ‘training’
Minty
I’m surprised at how many of you folks are former employees. I only went to the training, but to answer your question, Goat: Cutco knives, when not simply straight aren’t truly serrated. What they utilize is their patented Double-D Edge. Think a bunch of really tiny hooks at the edge of the blade. Although these hooks are not curved as one would imagine, they’re more boxy. In between those hooks is a straight edge. It actually does most of the cutting.
Tenko
First comment, and likely to never be read, but I’m getting it off my chest.
I’m not a Butcher, Chef, Knife Salesperson, or Meat Preparer.
I’ve done training for all 4. I apprenticed Butchery and as a Red seal Chef, at NAIT, Attended the CUTCO orientation, and worked in meat at Safeway. I hunt, and cut up my own Deer into steaks, and make my own pepperoni, and burger.
Cut-Co is a shitty company. But the knives they make are not terrible. They are OK knives. I like Ceramic’s Boker (with the umlaut over the O) Makes some very nice sets for Hunting. But those are not for everyone. Best Knives I’ve used, are from J.A. Henckel. Best knife I own is a Ceramic Ulu.
Wusthof, is the brand that most BIG chef’s use. They cost out the ass.
But while Cut-Co is a terrible company. They make an Ok knife. I still won’t buy one though.
All knives must be sharpened EVENTUALLY. A good one can just go longer without. Sharpening can be done a number of ways, But the ‘Ice Pick’ looking thing is a honing knife. It does no sharpening and will not help any dull blade. It straightens the edge, so you have a cleaner slice, in case the steel bends on a bone or part of the block. Ceramics don’t have that issue, however they are prone to simply shattering, or cracking or chipping. Sharpening is done with a grindstone, or a whestone, or wheel. Then the honing blade, and finally buffing or stropping.
And no matter what any knife salesperson tells you. If you have a really good knife. IT IS NOT DISHWASHER SAFE.
http://www.boker.de/us/
http://www.j-a-henckels.com/en-US
http://www.wuesthof.de/desktopdefault.aspx
Pink freud
read it – good info – thanks
TheEsquire
I worked as a butcher in my grocery store. Every knife in the department was smooth. A serrated knife tears apart the meat and makes it look terrible. It also doesn’t provide the even force along the blade that lets you slice through through the meat like a hot knife through butter. (Or your hand. You had to wear chainmail gloves/aprons when working with a knife there. You wouldn’t notice the knife had sliced off a finger if it had. They’re that sharp)
Finally, have you ever tried to sharpen a serrated edge? Good luck with that one 😛
Anderson
They have certain honing steels for that, looks almost like an ice pick.
Sir Bouncealot
Basically use the same thing for a chainsaw.
Durgrumm
Did you kill the animals? If not, then you were just a meat cutter. As a meat cutter that’s my biggest pet peeve when someone calls us butchers.
Digh
That’s… the actually name. The fuck, man?
Zoosmell
You are a butcher technically. Butcher can be used for either someone who kills and carves as well as someone who just does the carving.
Lokitsu
In professional circles, there’s a significant difference between a meat cutter and a butcher. Its the level of training, certification and well, pay scale.
Narbodi
I worked in the local grocery store’s meat department for three years. I was told I’d be trained as a Meat Cutter but wound up as just a Packer that knew how to work most of the boneless cuts.
On the upside, I can de-bone a turkey twice as fast as my mother, who has been cooking twice as long as I’ve been alive.
Regardless, I can vouch for what Lokitsu says. Pay scale, training and certification determines the difference between ‘Butcher’ and ‘Meat Cutter’.
It’s about the same as the difference between ‘Assistant Manager’ and ‘Front-End Manager’ in many stores. They do much of the same work, but one gets paid more for brown-nosing than the other.
Emmezali
OMG I thought you ment you de-boned your mother the first time I read that line :S
Frey
What? Isn’t that how anyone get’s so good at “choppin dat meat?”
Blackimusprime
by beatin dat meat
ZombieKidd
I’ve been reading this comic on and off but somehow you always keep me coming back for more.
But this is an awesome comic.
chumash99
Damn, you guys work fast. I thought I had a shot at first, but no luck. Hats off to Sandvich! 😉
Nick Wright
Sandvich beat the tweet!
Sandvich
yeah, was just surfing the web due to boredom and checked my bookmarked comics and the opportunity was there.
Btw, Keep up the good work man, the comic is really funny and its so addicting ;D
Nick Wright
¡Muchos gracias!
Sir Bouncealot
Vhat vas zat, Sandvich? “Kill zem all”? Good idea! AHAHAHAHA!
brandon Willis
I second that description.
Bryanime
Arne decides to show rather than tell I see
Dr. wonderful
Hmm, he is slow compared to me.
That right I said it! He have no love with it! He has to be slow with each stroke and build it up not just rush into it. The meat needs time!
TheEsquire
The poker face that Arne has while doing his “explanation” is priceless.
The Negro Guy
Simple answers to complex questions, that’s how we do things at the Food Baron.
Ghost
I take it the ice Arne is holding is to help set the jello pool?
Kramegame
or finally break out the booze….
either way, should be fun.
Greenwood Goat
Maybe some of the booze (the good stuff) is going into the pool. Right in the middle, to provide opportunities and incentive.
Beth: Goldschläger? Bud? Gimme!
Nina: Uh, it’s no street clothes in here, mom. Hygiene regs or something.
Beth: ‘Kay. (disrobes, dives) Come to mommy! (shoves Nina aside)
Nina: Hey, watch it! (shoves back)
Arne: Aaaand, it begins! I am pure class! (rubs hands)
Ghost
You seem to be forgetting one simple thing: Arne said the stripper pole principle involves placing a pole near a group of “average” women, t.e. “normal”. Beth and Nina hardly count as normal.
Kramegame
Slutty-ness only stands to increase the rate of reaction, because then you don’t have to break the awkward phase.
Ghost
Very true, but I’m still not sure they count into the stripper pole principle. They seem more along the lines of women who go looking for a stripper pole whether there is one near them or not.
Whatever the case, I am sure it could get very interesting…
Greenwood Goat
That level of sluttiness can cause the reaction to become compartmentalised, i.e:
– Yeesh, what a pair of skanks!
– You said it! (edges away)
Rose: Hey, that’s my mom and my sis you’re talking about! And mom’s more of a lush!
Bubbaclaw
I was going to make a witty remark, but two others already beat me to the punch. [Bastards emptied the punchbowl too.]
BunnyRemix
Arne may just be right about that.
Kai
His virginity gives him strength
BriGuy
In one arm.
Ugh, that just gave me a whole new impression of the Chargers in Left 4 Dead 2.
Sir Bouncealot
There is a reason their right arms are so big…
Nick Wright
Reminds me of a guest strip I did a long time ago.
Kramegame
There is a flash for that: http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/521708
it’s a run on joke in this one, among other things… hilarious!
XD
Evergamer
Nick, you are seriously awesome. Totally did not see that coming at all. Arne’s face was just pure awesome.
There is a reason why Friday is fun. Trending Grounds is one of the reasons.
Lokitsu
Seconded!
Neil
Is the fact that people are less likely to notice your malapropisms at the weekend another of the reasons? 😉
Nick Wright
Trending Grounds is a new one on me. Is that a guy who reviews gourmet coffees on Twitter?
Yorkie
Totaly agree about Arne`s face angd comment. and on a side the best knive in the world are made by people who have been trained by a sword smith.
Gavin
Ha – know we know the secret to all samurai’s prowess! Gold!
Jeri
Won’t lie… that last pannel is going to get me to laugh every time…
“Actions speak louder than words” is quite true, is it not? 😛
Greenwood Goat
The faster he slices the meat, the more time he gets to spend enjoying the blood. He would have had less opportunity and would probably have been caught far sooner if he had been slow on the job. And if he ever graduates to human victims/donors, he”ll need the skills to get their blood out. Plastic fangs don’t make good lancets (they’re often not strong enough, for one thing), and have a chance of putting some random infection into the wound.
Timitz
This is exactly why Arne is my favorite character.
Ray
I can’t believe nobody else has said this yet: “So, he’s suggesting that his PERSONAL tool is dull, well-sullied, or both?”
As for the Cutco stories, they did a show at our local Costco last year while I was walking through with my kids, and he was doing the saw-on-a-hammer-head demo and cutting a tomato immediately afterwards. When I saw him prepping for it, I told my 10-year-old daughter to watch how he saws the metal with one part of the blade, but cuts the tomato with another un-dulled part. As her eyes widened in understanding, so did several other adults within earshot. I don’t think I was the rep’s favorite person after that.
Kramegame
HA! I noticed that too! totally ruined that guy’s mojo….
Ginger
Arne would know.
munky
This is the funniest joke this comic has ever had. Accolades to you, sir.
Tia
He really is good with fleshy-things.
MJSox
Awesome! Love Arne’s response. Arne and I share similar humor. (be afraid!)