Everytime I use their kitchen in the back of my head I can't help but think that any one of my utility blades would cut better than their drawer knives. I can sharpen them up real quick but they get dulled just as fast because they're tossed in the sink, dishwasher, and back in the drawer with all manner of other utensils.
If the one they pick up is too dull they'll take it to a stone like I do... But they do maybe 10 passes like they were doing an infomercial with a knife steel. Just a bunch of passes "will do" I assume they are able to cut at all because of the toothiness left over.
So one day I showed my mom a bunch of simple diy knife blocks.
Her response was "oh yeah I think those are at the store for cheap"
"well I can make one if you'd like"
"no don't spend the time, I can buy it at the store"
"no it's okay, it'll be fun"
"focus on more important stuff like work"
"-_-....... "
Years back my brother and I suggested a knife block but they said "we don't really want to display them for people to see, or kids to be able to reach them"
We don't really have family come over often and rarely do the young ones swing by. My parents stopped needing to worry about kids and knives since I was 10.(although it didn't stop my mom worrying about my folders until I was 16)
Just a few days ago I took all the wood handled kitchen knives and refinished them with linseed oil. These kitchen knives have been in our possession for the better part of 20 years. They're all "Kiwi brand" knives made in Thailand.
After getting them shine again like new I showed her and she said,
"why?"
"it protects the wood from absorbing too much water, ... It'll dry faster"
"oh, the magnetic rack makes em dry pretty fast"
"....... I'm going to do this stuff on my own from now on mom... "
... No love for tried and true users almost as old as I am,
If the one they pick up is too dull they'll take it to a stone like I do... But they do maybe 10 passes like they were doing an infomercial with a knife steel. Just a bunch of passes "will do" I assume they are able to cut at all because of the toothiness left over.
So one day I showed my mom a bunch of simple diy knife blocks.
Her response was "oh yeah I think those are at the store for cheap"
"well I can make one if you'd like"
"no don't spend the time, I can buy it at the store"
"no it's okay, it'll be fun"
"focus on more important stuff like work"
"-_-....... "
Years back my brother and I suggested a knife block but they said "we don't really want to display them for people to see, or kids to be able to reach them"
We don't really have family come over often and rarely do the young ones swing by. My parents stopped needing to worry about kids and knives since I was 10.(although it didn't stop my mom worrying about my folders until I was 16)
Just a few days ago I took all the wood handled kitchen knives and refinished them with linseed oil. These kitchen knives have been in our possession for the better part of 20 years. They're all "Kiwi brand" knives made in Thailand.
After getting them shine again like new I showed her and she said,
"why?"
"it protects the wood from absorbing too much water, ... It'll dry faster"
"oh, the magnetic rack makes em dry pretty fast"
"....... I'm going to do this stuff on my own from now on mom... "
... No love for tried and true users almost as old as I am,
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