Elvislives
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I'm too lazy to change the channel the other day and get hooked into this Infomercial Starring "Chef Tony" selling "Magic Knives"
They are oddly shaped kitchen knives that actually had a couple of features that sounded interesting. One was a pivot point on in the middle of the blade for a chopping knife. It allowed you to rock the knife much easier. Another was a series of grooves from cutting edge to spine to prevent chopped food from sticking to the blade as you continue chopping.
All together, he's selling a set of 20 something knives for $39.95 (a savings of over $100 from the original $140 sticker price!!!)
Now, I'm no idiot, I know that $39.95 does not buy a quality set of kitchen knives. (they did cut the aluminum can much faster than the Ginsu II...)
Anyhow, during the pitch they visit a man by the name of Arlan Lothe, who designed the knives. He gives insight into why he made the blade shapes so radically different, and what caused him to add the features.
So I go looking for Arlan Lothe on the net and all I can find is a series of axes that he designed here
I couldn't find the knives themselves searching under "Magic Knives" or "Chef Tony"
Anyone here ever heard of him? He was interviewed in what was described as his shop, and it certainly had the look of a well outfitted knifemaker's shop. Just curious.
I doub't I'll get the "Magic Knives", but I might try one of the axes!
Brandon
They are oddly shaped kitchen knives that actually had a couple of features that sounded interesting. One was a pivot point on in the middle of the blade for a chopping knife. It allowed you to rock the knife much easier. Another was a series of grooves from cutting edge to spine to prevent chopped food from sticking to the blade as you continue chopping.
All together, he's selling a set of 20 something knives for $39.95 (a savings of over $100 from the original $140 sticker price!!!)
Now, I'm no idiot, I know that $39.95 does not buy a quality set of kitchen knives. (they did cut the aluminum can much faster than the Ginsu II...)
Anyhow, during the pitch they visit a man by the name of Arlan Lothe, who designed the knives. He gives insight into why he made the blade shapes so radically different, and what caused him to add the features.
So I go looking for Arlan Lothe on the net and all I can find is a series of axes that he designed here
I couldn't find the knives themselves searching under "Magic Knives" or "Chef Tony"
Anyone here ever heard of him? He was interviewed in what was described as his shop, and it certainly had the look of a well outfitted knifemaker's shop. Just curious.
I doub't I'll get the "Magic Knives", but I might try one of the axes!
Brandon
And yes, those knives are pretty damned nice. Nothing overly fancy, but they do what the commercial says. It's a shame that we're programmed to believe that ALL infomercials are a scam, because every once in a while, there actually is a deal there. I also got to play with his next set of "infomercial knives". I don't think I'm at liberty to give details, but they're gonig to be very different.
