Well with my experience of them I don't believe whatever model or blade steel ( carbon vs SS) you will be disappointed
It wasn't SMKW's "Knives Live" as they only air on Monday and Friday nights.....it was most likely "Cutlery Corner" which is a Frost Cutlery show. The very company that actually owns the Hen & Rooster brand.As to the knives themselves, their slipjoints are pretty good, but generally overpriced for bone or Corolon scaled slips. If interested I'd say get some but look for better pricing like on Ebay or when there are on-line sales. Occassionally you get some decent pricing on the "Knives Live" show as well as "Cutlery Corner" but often times their prices are a bit insane.2xTap