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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Stahlmann said:
Savage! Both ladies and gentlemen eat their baked potatoes with a fork... 😉
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You use the fork to mash it inside the skin after gobbing on the butter.....then you eat it with the spoon.......👨‍🍳
As far as any staff having issues, at the steak houses around here the wait staff is mostly college or high school age kids, and its just a job. They couldn't care less. The kitchen staff wouldn't care either, even if they had time to walk around the dinning room to see if you are using the appropriate supplied utensils. If I was sitting at the table for 20 minutes waiting for a meal and the chef or any of the kitchen staff was walking around looking for contraband utensils, there would be some serious questions asked.......
 
This subject pops up every year or so. Predictable answers every time.

“Of course I use my edc if I need it”

“No it’s uncouth”

“I have a whole place setting I bring with me just in case”.

My personal favorite response, “I’d never use one of my fine knives on a plate, it will ruin the edge I spent days sharpening”
 
eveled said:
This subject pops up every year or so. Predictable answers every time.

“Of course I use my edc if I need it”

“No it’s uncouth”

“I have a whole place setting I bring with me just in case”.

My personal favorite response, “I’d never use one of my fine knives on a plate, it will ruin the edge I spent days sharpening”
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That's kind of what amuses me so much about it. This INSISTENCE that there's NO way ANYONE could view it as uncouth or objectionable, but you were uncertain enough that you had to make a thread to ask.

Personally, I think it could easily be construed as rude to the establishment, but I'm not overly concerned. I'm just genuinely curious about what kind of steak these people are being served, because I've used extremely dull, old steak knives with zero issue on any number of occasions. Maybe it's like potatoes and these gents are ordering them with the skins still on?
 
BD_01 said:
No.

I have one of these, however.

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It’s the cheap 420J2 model, not the VG-10 version. I thought it would be cool to have a full table setting of these, but the steel sucks at holding an edge. In it’s defense, the geometry is such that it’ll still cut after it dulls.
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I didn’t know that they came in VG-10, thank you.
 
The Aflac Duck said:
“I’ll take your cheapest steak; make it well done. In fact, just give me a piece of shoe leather so I can justify the use of my XXL Espada.”
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Yup! Even my cheapest knife would relish the challenge of cutting up your worst steak!
 
Stahlmann said:
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.
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Nice to see that you have come around. Because that's not what you said yesterday.

Stahlmann said:
No, not really. Not on this one. It's not about personal opinions in this case. Like it or not, there are rules to etiquette. They differ a great deal from setting to setting, those in attendance, the location, local customs, etc., etc., hence my question
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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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More contradictory irony. "I'm not saying there's a right or wrong answer, I'm just saying your answer is wrong." :rolleyes:
 
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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You know it's uncouth, that's why you limit your question to BBQ and steak places and are so insistent it ain't, thus proving it true... :). "The lady doth protest too much, methinks."
 
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knarfeng said:
Nice to see that you have come around. Because that's not what you said yesterday.
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I didn't change my view. The notion that it would be "rude and uncouth" to use one's own knife at a BBQ or steakhouse (presuming one did so in a gentlemanly manner) is ridiculous. It's absurd.

I thought you could actually back up why you consider it to be "rude and uncouth", so I was willing to listen. You clearly could not -- past what amounts to "because I said so", therefore no sense in continuing.

The question of whether one should bring their own knife is altogether different -- and indeed there is no right/wrong answer, just as I noted above, a position I never wavered from. That said, if one chose to, it wouldn't be a "rude and uncouth" choice.

Could it be accurately argued that bringing one's own knife is "eccentric?" Perhaps. "Excessive?" Maybe. "Overly foodie?" Possibly. "Knife nerdy?" Sure. But "rude and uncouth?" Absolutely no way, and no, that's not merely an opinion.
 
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Stahlmann said:
I didn't change my view. The notion that it would be "rude and uncouth" to use one's own knife at a BBQ or steakhouse (presuming one did so in a gentlemanly manner) is ridiculous. It's absurd.

I thought you could actually back up why you consider it to be "rude and uncouth", so I was willing to listen. You clearly could not, therefore no sense in continuing. 😉
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Backed it up and explained multiple times. Can't do more than that. But I do appreciate that you acknowledge that it's all opinion.
 
If you were staying with friends for a weekend: would you use their toothbrush? :rolleyes:
 
kobold said:
Yeah, sometimes there is a spoon. But who eats steak with a spoon? :)
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Reminds me of the Blues Brothers. "Yeah, well how you gonna eat corn with no f***ing teeth!?" Or something like that lol.

All of this changes if I'm going TO a bbq, especially if I've never had their cooking before. I definitely will bring my own knife.

Because:

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When will the food be ready?
I am!
 

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unwisefool said:
I won't use my knife, but if I encounter a dull knife I pull out an edge pro, set it up and sharpen it before the main course arrives. Then I deduct my sharpening fee from the final bill.
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They send you home with cash in your pocket....nice..
 
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