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okbohn

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Went to dinner with my family. I ordered steak and did what I have done 100 times. I put my steak knife away, pulled out my pocket knife and ate my meal. No pomp. Nothing.

out of the blue, my kids pounced on me, "daaaaaaaaad, that is so embarrassing! Can you for once just use their knives. You are such a knife snob!"

I just pushed my nose in the air and continued to slice my steak while they chewed through theirs with the cheap saw blades the restaurant supplied. :)
 
I'm with you on this one! Poor cutlery (bendy blunt knives) can actually spoil an otherwise good piece of meat.

Next time the kids start complaining you should threaten to pick up the steak and eat it caveman style, that's embarassing:D:D

Thanks, Will
 
Now I'm all interested in what the pocket-steak knife is....Toothpick???

The one I keep is a yellow CASE Slimline Trapper in stainless, sharpened up terrifyingly and it doesn't matter if the ceramic plate dings the edge. Nice light carry with a long handle.
 
Years ago, my father used to work with a real character, who I knew slightly. He was a rough and ready feller, but his wife was a bit posher. One time, he was telling my dad about an anniversary meal they'd been out for at some fancy restaurant. Tom liked his food, and had been quite upset about being chided by his wife for making sandwiches at the table! :D
 
willgoy said:
I'm with you on this one! Poor cutlery (bendy blunt knives) can actually spoil an otherwise good piece of meat.

Next time the kids start complaining you should threaten to pick up the steak and eat it caveman style, that's embarassing:D:D

Thanks, Will
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don't forget to let the blood drool down your chin .
while i'm at it please check this guy out for table manners.Shaun Ellis.
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Hes actually a really good bloke.
Derrick I totally sympathise with you. I was sent out into the freezing cold last night to bbq the steak for dinner.
We sat down to eat and I initially disposed of the serrated "steak knives" that are the general use cutlery of the house. Much to the chagrin of Janette and the boys I pulled out of my little cupboard a nice sharp Schrade 6OT and deftly and neatly sliced my steak. I was getting THE LOOK and I was getting aaaah dddaaaad!
Ignore them . My 12 yo son who is built like a match with the wood shaved off was shovelling that steak in like some sort of coal loading plant. I mean it had vanished before even I was halfway through(preferring to actually taste the food). Now that's saying something because I was once described as having the table manners of a starving wolf due to the speed at which the food disappeared from my plate.
 
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people don't appreciate what good knives can add to a meal. Steaks aren't the only things to suffer from inferior serrated blades. The new craze in New York is the 'cronut' - a doughnut made out of light flaky croissant pastry; people queue for hours early mornings to get them. The bakers recommend that you cut it with a serrated edge knife. Here a traditionalist could make some money selling decent plain edge knives, e.g. repackaging melon tester knives, as cronut knives.
 
Derrick - just keeping things real here, but I'm with your kids on this one. :thumbup:
 
Derrick, you have been remiss. You have not properly educated your family about fine cutlery. Give them all their own folding steak knives.
 
Case sells a wavy serrated melon tester touted as a folding steak knife. It has never occurred to me to pull out a pocket knife at a restaurant, but then I rarely have steak and when I have, the restaurant knives have always sufficed.

Nonetheless, I'll make sure to have a nice long serviceable blade along with me next time we go out for a steak!
 
Yeah, I'm used to that from the girlfriend too. One time I told her it was my "meat knife" and now when I cut food she asks if that's my meat knife and if it's clean. I always get the rolling eyes and head shake, but I can handle that.
 
Cheap steak knives - especially the serrated ones, should go straight in the trash. I have done the same thing, Derrick. And I always bring my own knife to BBQs.
 
The steak should not need to be sawed upon, nor gnawed upon, but part like the Red Sea at Mose's command. A tough steak is a tough steak no matter which knife you bring.

I did try to pull a pocket knife out at a steak house once, I was silently chided and decided that I didn't want to get crud on it after all... :o
 
Opinel #8.


Opinel #8 Drop-point 2 by Pinnah, on Flickr

Can be opened in most restaurants with a minimum of fuss and muss from the riff raff and family. A part of it is wood. A part of it is the familiar blade length to the width ratio. Looks like a steak knife or paring knife. The modified drop point is less threatening than the traditional clip, too.
 
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