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The everyday utility knife
Cutco Trimmer #1721
Long enough to slice a tomato or a sandwich, small enough to trim a steak or core a mango, with a Double-D® edge that grips skins and stays sharp.
- Edge
- Double-D®, three recessed cutting edges
- Steel
- 440A high-carbon stainless
- Build
- Full tang, 3 nickel-silver rivets
- Made in
- Olean, New York
- Guarantee
- Forever Guarantee with free sharpening
The Cutco Trimmer (#1721) is an everyday utility knife with a Double-D® edge. Cutco recommends it for slicing fruits and vegetables and trimming fat from steaks, chops and roasts. The Santoku-Style Trimmer (#3721) does the same jobs with a low tip for intricate cutting. Both stay sharp a long time and are sharpened free by Cutco.
What it's for
Cutco's own description is simple: ideal for slicing fruits and vegetables and trimming fat from steaks, chops and roasts. Cutco's knife guide adds coring produce like mangoes and tomatoes. In practice, the Trimmer is the knife that lives on the counter:
- Tomatoes, peaches and plums, where a straight edge can slide on the skin.
- Trimming the fat cap or silver skin off steaks, pork chops and roasts.
- Cutting sandwiches, quesadillas and wraps.
- Coring mangoes, tomatoes and strawberries, and slicing an avocado.
Why the Double-D edge helps
The Trimmer's Double-D® edge is three recessed cutting edges along the blade. On slippery skins and crusts, those points bite instead of skating, and because they sit back from the board they hold their sharpness for years. Cutco says the edge provides a clean, smooth cut and stays sharp.
Classic or Santoku-Style?
The Santoku-Style Trimmer has the same edge and the same uses, with a low, rounded tip Cutco calls ideal for intricate cutting. Choose by feel, or match the style of the rest of your block.
Care and sharpening
- Hand wash with warm soapy water and dry it right away. The handle is dishwasher safe, but the dishwasher is hard on any edge.
- Cut on wood or plastic, never glass, stone or a plate.
- Store it in a block, tray or sheath, not loose in a drawer.
Double-D® edges stay sharp a long time because the cutting points are recessed, but they take Cutco's special tooling to resharpen, so don't run this one through a home sharpener. When it's ready, it's free: bring it to one of Faith's service events, request sharpening, or mail it to Cutco under the Forever Guarantee (a small return shipping fee applies by mail). Read more in the Double-D edge explained.
Questions
What is the Cutco Trimmer used for?
Slicing fruits and vegetables, trimming fat from steaks, chops and roasts, coring produce like mangoes and tomatoes, and cutting sandwiches.
Is the Cutco Trimmer serrated?
It has Cutco's Double-D edge: three recessed cutting edges along the blade, which grip skins like a serrated knife but cut cleanly and stay sharp.
Can I sharpen the Trimmer at home?
Double-D edges need Cutco's special tooling, so send it to Cutco or bring it to Faith's service events. Sharpening is free under the Forever Guarantee.
What is the difference between the Trimmer and the Santoku-Style Trimmer?
Same Double-D edge and uses; the Santoku-Style Trimmer has a low, rounded tip for intricate cutting.
Keep reading
Sources: Cutco: item 1721 · Cutco: item 3721 · Cutco: Types of Knives