I have many Murry knives in my collection and I have enjoyed them for years. That being said, I asked him if the blades were pre laminated and he would not answer my question. What really soured me was his Forged in Fire performance. He made a half hearted attempt and got hammered ( pun ) then tried to make even worse excuses.
I used to think Murray's blades were "out of my price range". Then I remembered how all my life I was disappointed and let down time after time after time by "affordable" homogeneous steel, soft style western knives and Chinese garbage knock-offs. Now I own many Carter Cutlery knives and my philosophy is BUY ONCE, CRY ONCE. You can be hurt by the price a little but the sting of your empty wallet is soon forgotten as you get years and years of high performance from your investment. Less time spent sharpening, less strain for your wrist, less food bruising and longer lasting presentation of food because of the sharper cuts that don't oxidize exposed cells as fast. When my knives are inherited the owner had already tripled his value from what I paid for my knives. The $350 I paid 12 years ago is now $900-$1100 for the same knife today. YOU ARE WORTH IT ! Life is too short. Buy once, cry once and enjoy the best knives you will ever own !!!
That is a great philosophy. I do agree that I hate to spend money on shit. I have bought some knives that are more expensive than his so I cannot complain but it's definitely something that you have to invest in. Not everybody has that ability. With that being said, I have also saved up my pennies to buy very expensive things in my life so everyone does get what they want if they want it bad enough. I need to apologize for taking so long. I've had a surgery on my knee and some other things going on. We've had the court case for my car accident. We had to deal with that as well. We've also had some other major things happening personally. Deaths in the family and lots of arrangements to be made. Also, I'll let you know that I will be having another major surgery in June and will not be making it to the Blade show. I will be out of work for two weeks because I'm having all the extra skin cut off of my body. We do apologize for an interruption of videos if it were to happen. Will try to shoot some head for you guys so we can fill the space. That being said, thank you for checking out the show. Thank you for your support and your comment.
I had no idea his prices had gone up so much. When I first started following Murray, I thought it would be a really nice gift for my best friend who is a huge knife guy. I just couldn’t afford the THEN 300 dollars for a neck knife.
I need to apologize for taking so long. I've had a surgery on my knee and some other things going on. We've had the court case for my car accident. We had to deal with that as well. We've also had some other major things happening personally. Deaths in the family and lots of arrangements to be made. Also, I'll let you know that I will be having another major surgery in June and will not be making it to the Blade show. I will be out of work for two weeks because I'm having all the extra skin cut off of my body. We do apologize for an interruption of videos if it were to happen. Will try to shoot some head for you guys so we can fill the space. That being said, thank you for checking out the show. Thank you for your support and your comment. They are expensive. I have not gotten one because of that. Let me know I would love to own one, but I haven't done it. It's kind of stupid for me to say that because I have bought other knobs that are more expensive.
Nice! I’ve had many carter knives in the past - about 7 years ago he was a screaming good value. Sadly now his knives are far too expensive for what you get. I find his knives are most similar to Shibata Koutetsu knives in performance but the Shibatas are 1/4 the price. Personally I think he got famous and is trying to cash out as he’s getting close to retiring. There’s nothing really different between his early knives and current knives so it’s not like so it’s not like something dramatic happened to quadruple the cost. Still cool knives - they’re just don’t make sense in todays market in my opinion
Price is a reflection of the demand. Murray has gradually raised prices to keep pace with it. If you don't want a Carter at that price then buy a Muteki, one of the journeyman forged knives by me or Aaron. Thanks Greg, pleasure meeting you at BLADE!
@@taylorshields8263 right - he got famous, he was also on Tv (forged in fire) but it doesn’t mean his knives are competitive at all anymore. A Shibata Koutetsu will perform just as well at 1/4 the price. His price jumps have been dramatic in a very short period of time is my point and that isn’t due to a huge jump is materials or quality. I’ve owned 5 of his kitchen knives and 3 neck knives. My first neck knives I got buy one get one free direct from him and the one I paid for was less than $300. Now they’re literally near $1000 for one
@@taylorshields8263 also - a muteki isn’t a carter knife so I personally don’t understand the appeal. If you want a cheaper carter…again you’d just buy a Shibata Koutetsu which will outperform any Muteki and be at least as good as a Carter. It doesn’t mean people shouldn’t buy a carter; especially as many of us are collectors. I’m personally just saddened to see what’s happened to his prices over time and I’m far from being alone in this view. Mind you I have much more expensive knives so it’s not like the cost is a barrier for me. It’s just hard/impossible to see me buying one again given what his prices can get you from Japanese blacksmiths today.
imho he likes white steel not because its the best one for a knife. in fact hitachi themselves will tel you white steel was never intended for kitchen knives. blue steel on the other hand was specifically created and intended for kitchen knives. so why does he like white and claim it's better, without any actual evidence that back that mind you? Easy. Because it's the material that's easier and cheaper to work with from the pov of a smith. End of story. it's easier to work with. It forges easier. It grinds easier. You work faster and with less costs. If I was a knife maker and I could convince customers white is just as good as blue, that's awesome for me! Now if I'm the end user, what's best for the end user? between white and blue, obviously blue. and that's just an empirical fact and not my opinion. one of these is clearly the superior material for a kitchen knife and it's not white. Murrays knives tend to have excellent thin geometry though so for most folks who have never used anything like that, they won't even notice. They're just gonna be like WOW this cuts amazing. And it does, but the issue with white steel aside from being mega reactive is it's total lack of abrasion resistance. Translation, it will lose "bite" at the edge very quickly vs any other steel. The reason for that is that is white steel is a real true carbon steel. It has no alloying elements. Whereas blue steel is a low alloy tool steel. It has some alloying elements.
I need to apologize for taking so long. I've had a surgery on my knee and some other things going on. We've had the court case for my car accident. We had to deal with that as well. We've also had some other major things happening personally. Deaths in the family and lots of arrangements to be made. Also, I'll let you know that I will be having another major surgery in June and will not be making it to the Blade show. I will be out of work for two weeks because I'm having all the extra skin cut off of my body. We do apologize for an interruption of videos if it were to happen. Will try to shoot some head for you guys so we can fill the space. That being said, thank you for checking out the show. Thank you for your support and your comment.
