How many of you use your folders for cutting meat when eating out?

I've done it both with a Queen Carved Stag Bone Mountain Man and my Charles May FireAnt.

The looks were to funny!
 
I have a non-serrated folding fruit knife with a plastic handle that when unfolded looks like the last knife in a restaurants drawer. Sheeple probably are more likely to think, "Gee, I am glad I didn't get stuck( no pun intended) with that sucky knife." If they notice at all. It gets rinsed off in the restaurants bathroom, and cleaned properly before I go to the next restaurant. A couple quick swipes on a cheap pocket sharpener and its ready to go.
 
I can remember years ago getting looks from waiters/waitresses as we brought out our Spyderco's to tear into our prime steaks at dinner. Being in the biz, it was literally the whole table that brought out their knives for a meal. We used to have "knife counts" at the table to see who had the most knives on them at the time, it was a hoot to see the servers face as she would see 30 knives lying on the table as she brought drinks.
For me I actually have to give credit to Sal for opening my eyes in using a "quality" knife when dining out (since he led most all the knife counts). It got me thinking over the years about a specialized gentleman's knife that would be small/thin in stature that you could easily put into an inside suit pocket or into the back pocket of a pair of jeans, to accompany you when having a nice meal.

Well a design was thrown in front of me over in Japan last year that fit the bill. It was a modernized Higo Nokami knife, and it screamed personal steak knife! Long story short, we are producing it. It will be our model #5900 and is called simply the Higo. Very thin, 3 1/2" VG-10 steel, PakkaWood scales with a cute circular brass medallion (centered in the front scale), it also has a liner lock. It can be easily opened/closed with one hand. A leather slip sheath and presentation box will finish off this elegant knife. It will be produced under our Shun brand name in Seki City, and has a MSRP of $124.95.

Anyway I am going to send Sal one as a way of saying thanks for the indirect assist with this personal steak knife.
 
Cool story Thomas! Thanks for sharing. Nice gesture to Sal too.

I generally wouldn't use my EDC for cutting steak at a restaraunt. I don't care about the sheeple at all, its just that my knife is usually somewhat dirty from cutting cardboard and other such things.

I use to carry a BM Big Spender in a Mission wallet that I would use for food but I've since 'outgrown' that wallet and the knife got retired with the wallet.
 
I'll use it if the provided knife sucks enough. Not because of sheeple (I never care) but because it isn't necessary. Kind of like how I open my mail with my finger despite having 4 knives within reach. But yeah, if it won't do it, out comes a 4 inch folder.

In response to some posts, if I have a capable knife on me, and decide not to use it for the needed task because I may have to sharpen it, something's wrong. Why are you carrying it?

However, for the current steak chore, just put a layer of steak or otherwise under the cut. Stop short of the plate. Minimizes the chances of *gasp* having to touch up the edge of your beloved EDC.
 
More than once, I've tried to use an eatery's steak knives and they are often lacking. Now, I make sure I have my own sharp knife whenever I go out for a meal. Usually, it's a SAK, sometimes it's a 'pretty' (as the honey puts it) knife (BM 921 blue, 690, a Case slipjoint) for dressier occasions.

I get very few if any looks as my blade is small and I use it discreetly.
 
Keep your knife in your pocket. Pick up the steak with both hands and gnaw on it like a caveman.
 
My wife would absolutley have me committed if I pulled a stunt like that. I generally don't order a steak unless I'm in the type of restaurant that I know will grill it to perfection and in fact can use any knife as it's like cutting soft butter.
 
Heck, if it's clean enough to cut yourself with by accident, it's clean enough to cut your steak!
 
FliGuyRyan said:
Alright, alright... I'll admit I didn't use to it to cut my girlfriend's steak last night, but I did stir her coffee for her with my CRKT M16-13M. It's my EDC and I wasn't about to dull my BM 9130 Auto-stryker... plus the "THWACK" that it makes when deploying it would scare the sheeples.

Although, on other occasions I have used my knife in front of my friends and family, and it's been taken pretty well.

Also guys... the proper way to cut a steak - EDC knife or not - is too cut 90-95% of way through and tear the piece off with your fork. That way, your knife doesn't come into contact with the plate that you are using.

$.04,
-Ryan
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That was funny!! Going to agree with ronsec, anything collecting pocket lent is not going to touch my food. I know the nasty things I cut up in a day's time. I could keep a dedicated blade for such things, but I don't.
 
ronsec said:
I guess I'm in the minority here. I just don't want anything that's been sitting in my pocket touching my food - gross! :barf: I just muddle through with the knife they give me as it usually cuts well enough.
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I gotta agree with Ronsec here, I've never considered using my knife for food. Mainly because I'm not sure how I would keep it from gunking up eventually, but also because I never thought of it as something clean enough to eat with.

Strangely enough, my girlfriend who hates all of my knives and guns asked me to cut her steak for her with my Heat while we were eating at home. Me not wanting to get my knife dirty said "that's not what this type of knife is for" and got her a steak knife.
 
Years ago when Tom Mayo first came out with the TNT in a talonite blade, and talonite is known to good blade to cut meat with with it's lubricity(sp) I remember him saying when he went out for steak he always used his medium TNT he carried to cut his steak, and so when I got mine I have since done the same except the TNT I have is the large size with stellite(same family as talonite). I always wash it before I go out to eat if I know I am having steak, and wash it when I am done when I get home. Amazingly I have never drawn any attention from others when I do it but I don't try to make it obvious either, and the wife being a knife knut has me cuts hers as well.
I do have to touch up the sharpness of the blade when I get home after washing it but boy does it cut prime rib great. Then back in the safe it goes til next time.
Makes it a pretty expensive steak knife but hey might as well have the best when you are eating steak in a nice restaurant.:D

Larry
 
I do not hesitate to use my pocketknife in a restaurant. If I know in advance that I will be ordering steak, I carry a small fixed blade knife.

I've found that when using a knife in public, in a normal knife use manner, that no one notices.

Once, at an Outback Steak House in Ohio, the young Australian (go figure) waiter took notice of my knife. He confessed to using a paring knife from the kitchen instead of the cheap steak knives provided.
 
I couldn't think of a better knife to use at a steak house than a serrated Spyderco Calypso with the 4 inch VG-10 blade. I think Sal must've been hungry when he designed that one.
 
I never use my pocket knife to cut up food, and if I have to use anything more than a butter knife to cut a "medium" steak, it's going back. That's happened all of once in my lifetime.
How do you all order your steaks....extra crispy?
 
I am lucky to have not encountered anyone so ignorant that they would take offense to my using a knife to cut food.

I am sure your family is very nice and obviously educated on certain subjects, silenthunterstudios, but I think you should spend some time educating them about what it means to be "civilized". If my family had reacted in such an immature way, I would have put them in their place and left. Of course, some may find that reaction to be immature, but I do not.

Seriously, I mean no offense. I think your family reacted in a very foolish way, but every family (including my own) is foolish about certain things and acts foolish from time to time. All people can be foolish- no one is perfect.

But if you are into knives, I think you should help your family understand them better and even be willing to stick up for them, and for you for being civilized enough to use them. I think family members should understand each other and each others interests rather than look down on or fear them.

I live in Commiefornia, but San Diego is pretty conservative. My city (Oceanside) is home to Camp Pendleton, so there are a lot of military families here. And there are the San Diego Naval base and Miramar Airforce base near by. The area is very knife friendly. I have recieved no comments or stares due to my knives. I even carry large fixed blades on my belt from time to time.
 
I Hate It For Anybody That Would Take Offence To Me Using My
Edc Knife To Cut Food With. I Have Before And I Will Again. I
Mainly Carry A Small Fixed Blade, Jim Moyer Sidekick, And If Cutting
A Steak Dulls Your Knife, How Do You Think Your Teeth Feel About
Chewing That Tough Piece Of Meat. And I Think Anybody With The
Knife Carrying, Collecting, Holding, Let Me See. Gotta Have One
Bug Should Be Capable And Enjoy The Sharpening And Honing Time
When Their Knife Is In Need Of Care Because They Have Used It
In A Time Of Need, Regardless Of What That Need Was At The Time.
Keep It Sharp, Keep It Clean, Keep It Ready. It May Save You, Feed
You And Keep You Safe. Just My .02 Everybody, Have A Great Day
Randy
 
Come to think of it, I have not done this in about 10 years.

:eek: Wait. Come to think of it, I have worked in the sewer industry for the last 10 years. :eek: :rolleyes: :D
 
My Vaquero Grande excels at food preparation tasks. I've cut hoagies in half, sliced bagles, and cut up steak on many occasions with it. I always keep it clean -- the only stuff that might be "contaminating" the blade would be either pocket lint or a shred of cardboard.

To clean it after cutting up steak (extra rare :thumbup:), I just wipe it down with the cloth napkin, then wait till I get home to hose it down with a coat of WD-40 and let it sit for a few hours before cleaning it properly.

"You must cut your steak with the knife provided, like a civilized person" . . . oh, would I have gone outta my way to ruin that chump's evening! As a previous poster stated, "picking up the steak and gnawing on it like a caveman" would've shocked and appalled the lot quite well. I have done this with overcooked steak in the past (after dumping ketchup on it).
 
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