After the dishwasher / sandblaster

Shaughnessy

Shaughnessy

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I had given a couple blades and a scoop to some relatives and they put them thru the dishwasher. Needless to say the dishwasher was like a sandblaster and they looked horrible afterward and there were gaps between the scales and the tang on the bigger blade. The scoop was cocobolo but looked really bad after the dishwasher. It was like all the natural oils had been stripped out of the wood and it was bleached a lighter color.

Anyways, I am mailing them back now with new handles and a new scoop.

Red Mallee burl and Box Elder burl on the scoop.
Heres some pics.... Larry

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No before pics of the blades but heres one of the old scoop. I just bought a new kit for the scoop thru rockler, since that was easier than trying to dismantle the thing any further. The other reason is the old one was brass and the now they have stainless, which seems a little nicer. Anyways you see can a pic below of the cocobolo scoop and how the collar came off. That was put on with long set epoxy, same with the handles on the blades.

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AFTER ------------->

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:eek::eek::eek::eek::eek: Jesus H. Christ Larry! You got to educate your folks before I go and confiscate those beauties.
 
i hope those family members are really old, blind, or handicapped because anyone could look at a fine hand crafted piece of art and know the hell a washer machine would reak on them......or are they wealthy? That flippancy could be caused by brain damage due to money ink
 
Thanks Guys.....you know how relatives are. In one ear, out the other. :rolleyes: Oh well, I did my part to rehab them.

Larry
 
Have any pics of the befores....so we can send them on to others who like to use the dishwasher...
 
Shaughnessy said:
you know how relatives are. In one ear, out the other.
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The same or similar things have happened to about 75% of the kitchen knives I gave to relatives and friends. Most people are so used to the stainless knives and assume they can treat all knives the same way.
I give my friends knives made of M2 tool steel ground at an extreme acute angle with a super thin edge with instructions to use them only for slicing vegetables and boneless meat. Almost all of them were brought back to me looking like serrated blades (with edge broken off) because someone used them to chop bones. Now whenever I give someone knives I give them detailed printed instructions.
Most people do not take proper care of something that they got for free. They do not understand the amount of time and effort that goes into a knife.
 
Great looking knives. You did a really nice job with the Red Mallee burl.
Hopefully they will take care of them this time.
 
Thanks guys, I hope they take care of them too. I added some before and after pics so you can see effects.

Larry
 
Painful to even think about the dishwasher treatment. Really nice look with the Mallee burl.
 
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