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what storage methods are available for kitchen knives when a block is either unavailable or unwanted? Just laying them in a drawer is dangerous due to kids being in the house.
 
plastic sheeths are sold at walmart and like stores. Magnet strips can also be used but, in your case, would need to be kept high to avoid kids grabbing (it goes on a wall and is a magnet that holds the knives in place). Another reason to properly store knives is to keep the edge in good condition, rattling around in a drawer is as bad for the edge as using a metal cutting board.
 
The magnetic strip has a specific problem in that as the knife gets close, the magnetic force strongly attracts the knife, sometime edge-first. The edge can hit the metal strip pretty hard and get chipped. It only takes one mistake.
 
good call Gollnick, I dont know a whole lot about storage from experience, just some of the recomendations. That would make since though.
 
Yep, gj Gollnick, my mom has been talking about getting one recently, and I don't know about it. One more thing to tel her. :)

My dad got this thing, where the knife sits in (edge down) in, it's made of plastic so no danger to the edge. It's kind of like a try kind of thing, and you could put in a higher drawer with some kind of child proofing.
 
I for one like my two magnetic strips. I don't have super high end knives so I don't worry about a chip, which has not happened by the way after thousands of time taking the knives on and off the rack. (Henkles Professional-given to me as gifts) I have a strip over each cutting area in the kitchen. The knives are readily available.

I don't care for the blocks because they are hard to clean, they take up valuable counter space in my medium kitchen, and I like to see all the knives displayed.

I wouldn't put my small sebenza on one though.:D

Bruce
 
I've used a magnetic strip, out of reach of children for years with no chipping. Just remember, you can't kid proof a kitchen for long. They learn how to open drawers, defeat safety locks, climb on chairs. The only protection is diligence...watch 'em.
 
I also use magnetic strips, and have for years without any problems. The trick is to remove a knife with a little twist so that the spine comes off last, and to put them back on with the opposite motion.

They're handy and also show off the blades of the knives, not just the handles like with blocks.

It puts a smile on my face to look into my kitchen and see all those shiny pointy things lined up behind my cuttnig board and ready to cut things. You do have a nice thick end-grain hardwood cutting board, right?

Oh, and Julia Childs used magnet strips so the must be good.

Chris
 
cmd said:
I also use magnetic strips, and have for years without any problems. The trick is to remove a knife with a little twist so that the spine comes off last, and to put them back on with the opposite motion.

They're handy and also show off the blades of the knives, not just the handles like with blocks.

It puts a smile on my face to look into my kitchen and see all those shiny pointy things lined up behind my cuttnig board and ready to cut things. You do have a nice thick end-grain hardwood cutting board, right?

Oh, and Julia Childs used magnet strips so the must be good.

Chris
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Yep, that's how I do it, on=spine first, off=spine last. The magnetic strip keeps them high and dry. I'll never use a block or any other method again.
 
We've been using magnetic strips for almost tens years and have never had a knife chip. My mother used our our magnetic strips, and then went and bought her own. She ended up with four strips filled with knives. :eek:

I've been toying with the idea of storing my EDC rotation knives on a magnetic strip. The only reason I don't do it is because I cant decide where to mount the strip.

Magnetic strips are a sanitary and convenient way to store knives. And you get to see your custom kitchen knives all the time. ;)
 
When my kids were young I just put them in a drawer with a good child safety lock. Part of the key to drawer safety is to have nothing but razor sharp knives in the drawer. Other kitchen gizmos get tangled in drawers and are dangerous to mix with knives. As long as knives are all pointing in the same direction it is not a big hazard to fish them out. I've never noticed any edge damage either. My kitchen knife drawer has about 25 knives in it and is sometimes hard to close. I also have two full knife blocks on the counter and a couple of hanging blocks on the walls. Then I have boxes knives here and there and knives in other drawers, and knives under the bar sink, and some in the garage and...
 
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