No room anywhere so...

[roaduck]

The cheapie Chinese bread knives are in vases on the windowsill.
I just touched up the middle plain one a bit.

All one piece of paper - I like paper sculpting when I`m bored.

Quite thin and sharp too - What do you want for four dollars haha ?

The tall wood one is a 20 inch Sabatier carbon for big steers and at least my flowers don`t need watering.

 

[CSG]

Well, that's a terrible idea.

 

[roaduck]

I totally agree lads but no room at the inn - tiny kitch - so major compromises were inevitable.
Even the knife box is a bit chocka.

 

[CSG]

Dude, in your case, less is more.

 

[A.L.]

Wall magnet?

 

[roaduck]

Some knives are non-magnetic or much too heavy and I have a wall-rack with five cleavers on it but it`s full !
I`ve got very little bench space, drawer and cupboard space in the room.
I have chucked loads of implements away and given loads of knives and scissors away and there`s still not enough room anywhere.
Basically I need to extend the kitchen but that option is out at the moment.

 

[David Mary]

How many cats do you have?

 

[roaduck]

I`ve got no dogs or cats but I have lots of wild squirrels, badgers, hedgehogs, foxes, rats, mice and birds in the garden.
I can`t have pets because of severe disability but I`d love cats and dogs again.

 

[David Mary]

Sorry to hear that. But at least my biggest worry about picture number one has been alleviated!

 

[roaduck]

All my knives are blade down or in knife rolls and thick felt pouches and the kids are in their forties in Bordeaux- I am very safety conscious - I work to feed the homeless in town.
In the top piccy - all the knives are jammed in so they don`t fall out even when the vases tip over.

 

[Aardvark]

You have to admit, that first picture IS a bit cringe-worthy. Hell, it's a LOT cringe-worthy! One sneeze...

Must be nice to know that you've got a knife for every day of the year.

Take heart: you can always serve as a bad example.

If you have an interest in hanging some of your heavier knives, I have a bunch of magnets that were originally from computer disk drives. I promise that the concept of "too heavy" will never enter your mind. I once hung a VW from the garage ceiling using one. It was a Bug, not one of the newer ones. Hmmm, I may have made that up, but if you have an interest, let me know.

 

[David Mary]

Have you thought about bumping up your membership level and passing some of these along in the exchange? It can be liberating to pare things down a bit.

 

[roaduck]

Have you thought about bumping up your membership level and passing some of these along in the exchange? It can be liberating to pare things down a bit.

I totally agree David - I collected far too many but I must totally stop because there is no room anywhere.
I don`t need anymore knives or scissors or razors - period
I`m in North West England and I give scissors and knives away to help poor people cook and mend clothes etc.
To be honest David most of my knives and sharpies are junk and not worth a carrot !

 

[roaduck]

You have to admit, that first picture IS a bit cringe-worthy. Hell, it's a LOT cringe-worthy! One sneeze...

Must be nice to know that you've got a knife for every day of the year.

Take heart: you can always serve as a bad example.

If you have an interest in hanging some of your heavier knives, I have a bunch of magnets that were originally from computer disk drives. I promise that the concept of "too heavy" will never enter your mind. I once hung a VW from the garage ceiling using one. It was a Bug, not one of the newer ones. Hmmm, I may have made that up, but if you have an interest, let me know.

Thank you for the reply and kind offer Aardvark - I only have a 3-bed terrace house and I am trying my best to declutter - honestly.
I give away loads of stereos, tellys, puters, books, tools, music etc - basically I over-collected and am trying to consolidate things.
I filled up my friends car with archeology , history and Egyptology books a few months back and I give loads of new clothes and shoes to charities - I`m trying harder haha !
I used to be worse when I was younger - I had 7000 records, cassettes, DVD`s and records - now I have 3 raid0 and raid1 , raid6, plus online / offline linux redhat servers plus JBOD`s and 30-40 SSD`s and NVME`s for two workstations and a business desktop - I think it`s over 170 TB total storage but that`s over 20 years worth so not too bad.
Do you want a laugh - I have too much storage plugged in my ASUS ROG laptop downstairs - plus it`s been on 24/7 for 5 years and the CPU and GPU fans are begging for mercy haha !

17 drives and 17 TB + plugged in a gaming laptop since 2019 is not ideal.
My desktop is a bit busy but nowhere near as bad as years ago.
Sorry I digress - I do apologise folks !

I could probably put 20 odd drives in it but that would kill the poor little thing.
The 3 main desktop triple-boot Linux / Windows / Android touch for PC workstations / biz PC are upstairs thank goodness.

This is handy and the nested proxies, browser in a sandbox and script-blockers help - I love rooted tough-phones too !

 

[roaduck]

You have to admit, that first picture IS a bit cringe-worthy. Hell, it's a LOT cringe-worthy! One sneeze...

Must be nice to know that you've got a knife for every day of the year.

Take heart: you can always serve as a bad example.

If you have an interest in hanging some of your heavier knives, I have a bunch of magnets that were originally from computer disk drives. I promise that the concept of "too heavy" will never enter your mind. I once hung a VW from the garage ceiling using one. It was a Bug, not one of the newer ones. Hmmm, I may have made that up, but if you have an interest, let me know.

Do you know what Aardvark, I know people worse than me so I`m consoled knowing that I can chuck stuff now and again and not constantly hoard.I grew out of OCD when I was twelve because it was taking over.

It depends what your definition of madness is - I`ve known psychiatrists that were mad as a box of frogs - much crazier than me - It`s all about balance and perspective and a pragmatic attitude IMHO.
Tonight me and the missus fed about 400 poor souls - so I`m goin bed happier.
Thank god the van has a strengthened floor now - could do with a 7.5 ton one now but times are hard haha !

 

[roaduck]

You have to admit, that first picture IS a bit cringe-worthy. Hell, it's a LOT cringe-worthy! One sneeze...

Must be nice to know that you've got a knife for every day of the year.

Take heart: you can always serve as a bad example.

If you have an interest in hanging some of your heavier knives, I have a bunch of magnets that were originally from computer disk drives. I promise that the concept of "too heavy" will never enter your mind. I once hung a VW from the garage ceiling using one. It was a Bug, not one of the newer ones. Hmmm, I may have made that up, but if you have an interest, let me know.


Your Vee-dub brings back happy memories - a tiny hippy camper with no proper flushing toilet in it - labour of love.
Had a 1955 Morris Minor 1000 - original spec - 43 hp - 70 mph max downhill with a wind behind it.
So...obviously I breathed on it a bit - 4 litre small block chevy - supercharger (so no turbo lag) and 15 i/ps NOX - painted in matt grey primer - it made a Porsche 911 look like a milk-float - sub ten standing quarters and 0-150mph in 11.5 secs - it strained a Dyno but nowhere near as bad as a stage two rally WRC mini with a Howlet 1.6 in it - ( 600hp - half a ton - 11 foot long ) that did 115 max but could do 0-60 in less than 2 secs but was very noisy, illegal and scary - and fun ! power to weight innit ?
I love cars that behave like motorcycles - not normal cars - like TVR`s - Ferrari eating sleepers lol

 

[knarfeng]

Off topic.
Closed.