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joeradza

joeradza

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Remember in school the screeching of fingernails across the blackboard? That didn’t bother me, but my blade cutting across a porcelain dinner plate sends shivers down my spine. Does that make you hesitate to use your knife!
 
joeradza said:
Remember in school the screeching of fingernails across the blackboard? That didn’t bother me, but my blade cutting across a porcelain dinner plate sends shivers down my spine. Does that make you hesitate to use your knife!
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I hate that sound too! :eek: I've hated it ever since I leant my knife to someone, and then had to watch them scrape the fresh edge all over a dinner plate :rolleyes: I could only stand it for a few minutes before I took it off them, and gave them a table-knife 🤨
 
That sound - the sharp edge vs. dinner plate - would make me cringe, for sure.

Having said that, if I'm using one of my own pocket knives instead of a table knife, I'll always improvise something to place underneath whatever I'm cutting. Like a piece of toast or bread underneath a steak I'm cutting, or a bed of lettuce, or a folded napkin or paper towel, etc. If at home, when prepping my own meals on our ceramic tile countertop, I'll always use a cutting board for sandwiches or anything else, for any knife I use.

Some family members of mine have had a habit of cutting stuff on the countertop without a cutting board. My Dad used to quarter an apple with a paring knife from my parents' own block set that I had maintained sharp at his request. He'd press that blade through the apple with some force behind it, and it would THWACK! against the ceramic tile on the countertop. That always made me cringe. But it was his knife, after all. So I just bit my lip and endured. Always had that telltale mushroomed portion on the edge from impacting the countertop, each time I resharpened it. But that gave me some real work with real incentive, and some worthwhile practice at refining my sharpening skillset.

A long time ago, when I was attending technical school in the military, we often had 'study hall' sessions late into the evenings for any of the students wanting or needing more in-school study time. Those sessions weren't supervised by instructors, so the classroom would usually get noisy as some students got restless or rowdy. So, one of us would always be pre-assigned as a class monitor to keep things quiet (or attempt to) for study. The monitor would sit at a desk sideways-adjacent to the blackboard at the front of the room. When I was assigned that duty, I'd reach up and use the ol' fingernails-on-the-blackboard trick to get peoples' attention when the group would get a little too rowdy. Amazing how well that worked, to quiet everybody down. 😁
 
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Obsessed with Edges said:
That sound - the sharp edge vs. dinner plate - would make me cringe, for sure.

Having said that, if I'm using one of my own pocket knives instead of a table knife, I'll always improvise something to place underneath whatever I'm cutting. Like a piece of toast or bread underneath a steak I'm cutting, or a bed of lettuce, or a folded napkin or paper towel, etc. If at home, when prepping my own meals on our ceramic tile countertop, I'll always use a cutting board for sandwiches or anything else, for any knife I use.
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Same here :) :thumbsup:
Obsessed with Edges said:
Some family members of mine have had a habit of cutting stuff on the countertop without a cutting board. My Dad used to quarter an apple with a paring knife (from my parents' own block set) that I had maintained sharp at his request. He'd press that blade through the apple with some force behind it, and it would THWACK! against the ceramic tile on the countertop. That always made me cringe. But it was his knife, after all. So I just bit my lip and endured. Always had that telltale mushroomed portion on the edge from impacting the countertop, each time I resharpened it. But that gave me some real work with real incentive, and some worthwhile practice at refining my sharpening skillset.
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Obsessed with Edges said:
A long time ago, when I was attending technical school in the military, we often had 'study hall' sessions late into the evenings for any of the students wanting or needing more in-school study time. Those sessions weren't supervised by instructors, so the classroom would usually get noisy as some students got restless or rowdy. So, one of us would always be pre-assigned as a class monitor to keep things quiet (or attempt to) for study. The monitor would sit at a desk sideways-adjacent to the blackboard at the front of the room. When I was assigned that duty, I'd reach up and use the ol' fingernails-on-the-blackboard trick to get peoples' attention when the group would get a little too rowdy. Amazing how well that worked, to quiet everybody down. 😁
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joeradza said:
Remember in school the screeching of fingernails across the blackboard? That didn’t bother me, but my blade cutting across a porcelain dinner plate sends shivers down my spine. Does that make you hesitate to use your knife!
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My wife and daughter shared the distressing habit of using a plate as a cutting surface when they needed to to cut up some snacks -- charcuterie, fruits, whatever. It wasn't the sounds that bothered me so much as the dulled knives after. Despite my entreaties, they persisted. Things only changed when I bought a small wooden cheese board for their use.
 
Obsessed with Edges said:
^Jack, that 'Jaws' reference is perfect. 👌

In all seriousness, I think that might've been the original inspiration for why I resorted to that trick, when the moment seemed just right for it. I'd seen that movie many times and by now had forgotten that scene. Makes me laugh again. 😁
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LOL! :D Funny where we pick stuff up! :) I haven't seen Jaws for decades I'm afraid, but I can recall having to explain, to younger friends, in relation to this scene, that beer cans were steel in those days, rather than aluminium :D :thumbsup:

 
joeradza said:
Remember in school the screeching of fingernails across the blackboard? That didn’t bother me, but my blade cutting across a porcelain dinner plate sends shivers down my spine. Does that make you hesitate to use your knife!
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No. I just use away. People get too wrapped up in keeping it pristine. Same with sharpening. They are afraid to get a wonky bevel. I use when needed and sharpen on what is available. Develops character and makes it yours.
 
Jack Black said:
LOL! :D Funny where we pick stuff up! :) I haven't seen Jaws for decades I'm afraid, but I can recall having to explain, to younger friends, in relation to this scene, that beer cans were steel in those days, rather than aluminium :D :thumbsup:

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I suddenly feel a craving to watch that movie again - it's been a long time. Need to make sure I have one of my favorite IPAs (in a can) in-hand when I do, so I can play along for some interactive movie-viewing. 😁
 
Jody744 said:
Like this??? I just use it, and resharpen as needed. It’s my knife. It will be fine.
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Good looking knife. Good looking steak. I use steak knives myself, and cutting boards for kitchen work.
I've been known to use my pocket knife when I'm faced with some butter knife blade at a restaurant. Listening to that screech, and knowing that I am prematurely dulling my blade, won't deter me from enjoying a good steak though.
 
I try to not dull my knife if I’m using it against a plate. I prefer not using it against a plate. In the kitchen.... my wife used to not care about dulling a knife against a plate but I reasoned with her. We now had good knives that don’t see that abuse as well as some cheap knives that won’t take an edge anyway, that are relegated to such affairs.

I’ll tell ya something funny. Well my mom, when she was alive, she smoked like a fright train. So we were in town and she was at the back of the van having a smoke. The cigarette she had was broken and she asked if I had a knife to cut it at the joint. I gave her my much 110. She proceeded, much to my dismay, to cut the cigarette in half by placing it on the pavement and cutting through it. I said dang it momma, that’ll dull the crap out of my knife! She responded, well, you can sharpen it. Ohhhh momma. I did sharpen it too, first thing when I got home.
 
I'll use my knife in a restaurant if I have to, and happy to use it on a board in the kitchen, in fact I'm happy to do just about anything with it in a pinch, but I have good crockery at home, as well as decent cutlery, and a sharp knife makes a mess of the glaze! :rolleyes::D In restaurants, I think that if they can't provide decent steak knives, sod their crockery! 🤣;)

Obsessed with Edges said:
I suddenly feel a craving to watch that movie again - it's been a long time. Need to make sure I have one of my favorite IPAs (in a can) in-hand when I do, so I can play along for some interactive movie-viewing. 😁
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Me too! :D I might see if I can find it online! 🤣:thumbsup:
 
Peregrin said:
Good looking knife. Good looking steak. I use steak knives myself, and cutting boards for kitchen work.
I've been known to use my pocket knife when I'm faced with some butter knife blade at a restaurant. Listening to that screech, and knowing that I am prematurely dulling my blade, won't deter me from enjoying a good steak though.
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Agree 100%. I will gladly dull my knife prematurely to use on a good steak. Besides I am always carrying another one anyway :) . Quick hit on the strop when you get home and everything is fine.
 
I've heard one of these big, heavy WW2 British Navy knives go down point first, and the sound has stuck with me 50-odd years! :eek:

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