Mother-in-law put my knife in the dish washer

I don't have nice kitchen knives for this reason. I recently splurged and bought a set of ESEE kitchen knives. I do put them in the dishwasher but never with other silverware or in the sink with other stuff. Also, I make sure I am the one who does the dishes. Not just because of the knives. I like to be able to find stuff in my kitchen and when the significant other puts stuff away, God only knows where it will be.

If you want it done right, do it your self.
 
In-laws, more dynamic than Chris Costa, defended like Fort Knox, got more problems than JayZ, crazier than Lindsey Lohan, and you literally gotta love them.
 
Knives made entirely out of metal(no wood/composite handle and any sort of adhesive/epoxy) and dull edge are dishwasher compatible. e.g. butter, spread knives.

Most dishwashing detergent has abrasive grit, so it will dulls a knife edge. Banging around will ruin knife edge and finish. Hot water will warp handle and detach epoxy. Knife tip could get de-temper if it placed too close to the heating/drying element.

Expensive knife has a build-in dishwasher avoidance feature, goes by the name of NO DI$HWA$HER! :p

Joe Duder said:
I'd sort out and make sure there's a clearer understanding about what is dishwasher safe and what's not before buying a custom. No?
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You have a knife that cannot handle a dishwasher ???

FAIL.
 
If mom-in-law is under 5'6" and in good health she should fit if you remove the bottom rack.
 
Ken44 said:
If you're going to leave a knife in the kitchen and don't want it in the dishwasher you need to tell them that. She had no idea since you didn't tell her, and she was only trying to help.

You shouldn't be angry at all(unless at yourself), and especially over something this trivial.
Its not her fault that you didn't tell her.
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I totally agree with this. How would she know, unless you told her before ? Cleaning knives in the dishwasher is SOP.

This is your fault, not hers.

Please apologize to your wife for making your wife feel bad. :cool:

In my house I have a separate drawer for the "good" knives (mostly Victorinox) and another drawer for the knives we acquired before I got into knives.

Some of the Omaha Steaks specials include a cheap cutting board and a set of about six kitchen knives. I think I've seen the same set at a discount store for $6. I've got two of those sets. :grumpy:

The "good" drawer has a horizontal knife rack (holds 6 or 8) that keeps the knives from banging into each other.

The rules are: 1) Do not use the knives in the "good" drawer for anything other than food preparation. No cutting cardboard with them. 2) Always hand wash the knives from the "good" drawer as soon as you are done with them and return them to the good drawer. 3) If you're not willing to hand wash the knives immediately after using them, then take a knife from the other knife drawer.

Surprisingly, this has worked out. I think it has helped keep the good knives to stay sharp longer, because I always use those and I'm the one who on the weekend prepares food for grilling outside and a few things we cook inside. If I can't have sharp knives available when I cook (I also sharpen all the knives) then I will either hide the good knives or let someone else cook. I cook about once every three weeks outside of barbecue season and about once a week during barbecue season.

Interestingly, they almost always choose a knife from the cheap knife drawer.
 
One of my Bark River Kitchen knives in Desert Ironwood, got ruined this way by the females in my family.
The red fiberliner materials are originally used as gaskets.
They are made to swell in contact with water and if the scales aren't secured with Corby- or Loveless bolts, the scales will come off when soaked.

I rehandled the knife, a Big Bullnose Skinner in 12c27, with Cocobolo and without liners.
It's a beauty again and the Girls has now started to respect my wish, to care for the finer cutlery in the drawer.

We also have a couple of antique African Tradeknives from Solingen.
One of them has been in the family for maybe a hundred years and it's great to still be able to use this heirloom on a daily basis.

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There's no way a bad temper ever will make the Girls change attitude.
Mistakes do happen and the only way forward, has been gentle and patient explanations of how to properly care for these knives.


Regards
Mikael
 
My wife put away wet a cast iron skillet. Her twin sister cut cheese and sausage on the bare counter and left nasty cut marks.

Ain't love grand? :mad:
 
Big Mike said:
I would draw and quarter the witch. :eek:


This happens way to often, most folks cleaning up the kitchen throw everything in the dishwasher.

In my house, if I don't clean-up and put away a knife after use, I'm told I have no grounds to bitch.


:confused: If a man speaks in the woods and there is no woman there to hear him, is he still wrong? :confused:




Big Mike
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Honestly, any married man knows the answer to this Q, but I'm sure we don't really want to hear it!! :frog:

Regards
Mikael
 
Not such an expensive knife that its worth making waves over. I'm sure your wife will be understanding in your buying yourself a new knife and this old one is now a knife you can use for things you wouldn't normally use it for.
 
I would be pi$$ed too if it was a more expensive knife but for a $40 knife i would just let it go. Especially if she's been washing your dishes her whole stay. She was just trying to help out. The knife will still cut right? Got a beater now which is the point of a $40 knife anyways. Don't want bad things to happen to the stuff you like make sure it's outta reach from things that will ruin it.
 
The temper of your blade shouldn't have changed at all... unless you found it on the heating element which might do the trick (I'm assuming you didn't though). This is a great time to get a new set of handles though, ones that might be able to handle a dishwasher maybe? I see Mammoth Ivory in your future.
 
In my home I have a separate drawer in the kitchen and it contains do not touch items.
When I am done with one of my knives I hand wash and dry without ever sitting in down.

On a side note none of my friends will ask to use my pocket knife.. It's not that I baby them but my you break it you bought it policy scares them.
 
Crackcase said:
My favorite little kitchen knife, the Boker Vox Rhino, is ruined. The edge was ruined and It seems to sharpen too easy now. The fiber liners are also ruined. How angry am I allowed to be? I ask because the wife thinks I am a lunatic for being upset. I am now the "bad guy". Please someone relate with me on this so I don't feel so alone. :p
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Lol,gotta go with the Wife on this one.;):)
 
Yup-your bad on this one.
You should've wiped it down and put it back in your pocket when you were done with it.
 
It's stainless steel and micarta, what got ruined? Can you post a pic??

Sounds like a tempest in a tea cup.
 
I have told her, and my wife. Everyone knows about my knives actually. I had just completed quacamole and had to get the ribs off the smoker....lots going on and I got distracted.
 
straitr said:
Good intentions often end in bad results. It's best to forgive and forget, as fighting with In-laws is an uphill battle won by no man.

Try being uncharacteristically understanding and promptly take the opportunity to order a better knife of your choosing. You look like the hero, get some points with the wife that will inevitably come in handy next time you require them, and get a better knife in the end.
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This is excellent advice and very true. It also takes a bit more to wreck the heat treat on a knife than 1 cycle through a dishwasher. Get yourself a better knife and you will come out ahead.
 
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