Do you ever take along a knife specifically to use at table when attending a BBQ or visiting a steakhouse for a meal?

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No. Never thought about it.
But whatever I have in my pocket would/ will suffice.
 
knarfeng said:
My own opinion for my own actions is based on how I was raised, which was in a rather formal environment. From my training, if I must provide my own table ware, then it reflects poorly on the host, in this case, the restaurant. Therefore, in my eyes, for ME to bring in a knife for cutting food would be ME insulting the restaurant. So I will not bring a knife to a restaurant for the sole purpose of replacing the restaurants provided utensils.
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That's not accurate. In this case no one is forced to provide cutlery. They choose to because they seek an improved level of cutlery -- an upgrade, that would be unduly expensive and dangerous for the eatery to provide to all their customers. An upgrade they're not paying for because they choose to provide it themselves, just like the wine decanter.
 
Holy smokes. Talk to anyone in the actual restaurant business about the cost of providing flatware and the other accoutrements of a classy joint that has them pulling out their hair.

Or listing to the psychic ex Safeway meat counter guy who moonlights as a YouTube super star.

Your choice. Sandwich Artist indeed.
 
Stahlmann said:
That's not accurate. In this case no one is forced to provide cutlery. They choose to because they seek an improved level of cutlery -- an upgrade, that would be unduly expensive and dangerous for the eatery to provide to all their customers. An upgrade they're not paying for because they choose to provide it themselves, just like the wine decanter.
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The restaurant is expected to provide cutlery. In my eyes, for me to bring my own insults my host, which is the restaurant. Personal opinion which only applies to me. If you want to bring your own, that's up to you.

The original question was, "Do you bring your own eating knife to a restaurant?" I don't.
I have no idea why you are treating this as something to which only your answer is correct and why I must abide by it.
 
knarfeng said:
The restaurant is expected to provide cutlery. In my eyes, for me to bring my own insults my host, which is the restaurant. Personal opinion which only applies to me. If you want to bring your own, that's up to you.
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And they do -- at least most of them.
knarfeng said:
The original question was, "Do you bring your own eating knife to a restaurant?" I don't.
I have no idea why you are treating this as something to which only your answer is correct and why I must abide by it.
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I'm not suggesting there is a right or wrong answer on whether one brings their own steak knife to a BBQ or a steakhouse. In fact, there is not.

What I'm curious about is the notion that bringing one's own steak knife to a BBQ or steakhouse is "rude and uncouth"? That simply doesn't track.

Just how could that be true if the person is otherwise acting like a lady or gentleman?
 
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Stahlmann said:
And they do -- at least most of them.

I'm not suggesting there is a right or wrong answer on whether one brings their own steak knife to a BBQ or a steakhouse. In fact, there is not.

What I'm curious about is the notion that bringing one's own steak knife to a BBQ or steakhouse is "rude and uncouth"? That simply doesn't track.

Just how could that be true if the person is otherwise acting like a lady or gentleman?
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It's just the way I was raised, how I was taught. My parents were born over a hundred years ago.
 
Think I’ll pass on going to those high class joints if they are spitting on the steaks and prankin the taters just for using my own wares.…And they think I’m uncouth ? 😲
 
Stahlmann said:
Do you ever take along a knife (in addition to your EDC/EDCs of course) specifically to use at table when attending a BBQ or visiting a steakhouse for a meal?

If you do, what do you bring a long for the task? I've long taken a long an Opinel #12, and much more recently a Mam Operario.

The reason I ask is because I just realized that A.G. Russell offers folding knives targeted at people who take a knife along to use at table when they go out to eat. For those of us who appreciate our steaks cleanly cut and not shredded by dull knives routinely run through dishwashers.
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I always use knives that I carry to cut meat, whether at home, at a friend's house, or at a restaurant. On a few occasions I have taken a specific knife with me when I knew steak was forthcoming, but it wasn't a "steak" knife, just something I wanted to use that day. Buck 110s are particularly good meat cutters, especially with a nice, toothy edge.

My days of caring about people choosing to be offended my actions that do not affect them ended a few decades ago. I can relate that of the comments received in restaurants, all were compliments about how "cool" or "nice" my knife was or that I was smart for bringing an efficient tool for a job.
 
Lesknife said:
Think I’ll pass on going to those high class joints if they are spitting on the steaks and prankin the taters just for using my own wares.…And they think I’m uncouth ? 😲
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No kidding. Not only would that be an on-the-spot fireable offense (even in a union environment), it's also the sort of thing that might well lead to getting tuned up by the owner/manager/chef in the alley, or in this day and age, a visit from Five-O.
 
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