So you're at a restaurant...

[ShaiHulud]

And you order a steak, when it arrives, they give you a steak knife to use that might as well be made of plastic and broken already- loose rivets, scales rattle if you shake it, serrated and dull AF, etc
do you use that anyway, or fish in your pants for your daily carry-along?

 

[Ozmose]

I voted theirs, just because most places serve on a plate or cast iron. I'm not jacking up my nice edge cutting on that. If they bring it out on a cutting board or something like that, it's a different story.

 

[jbmonkey]

any place that serves steak and only has plastic knives or falling apart knives....id worry more about why I ordered a steak from there or why im even eating there.... than what knife im gonna use to cut it.

 

[ShaiHulud]

I voted theirs, just because most places serve on a plate or cast iron. I'm not jacking up my nice edge cutting on that. If they bring it out on a cutting board or something like that, it's a different story.

Ah!
Most steaks (in my area) are served on a glass dinner plate but then you get the sides and fixings and at the end youre using your water cup to clean your dirty knife, which may either be a spectacle or not (depending)

 

[WValtakis]

Mine..."Solo 2" from Spyderco, these came out way back in the mid-90s and just never got the attention from dealers that they deserved

 

[SwissHeritageCo]

I voted theirs, just because most places serve on a plate or cast iron. I'm not jacking up my nice edge cutting on that. If they bring it out on a cutting board or something like that, it's a different story.

I think about this whenever I see members here posting cut steaks from plates.

Then again, knives are for using and cutting steak is an excellent opportunity to relish a fine cutting tool. In these moments, simple steels are king.

 

[jbmonkey]

im picturing these fine establishments and top chefs on this topic of plastic knives and broken knives for steak.....

 

[el gigantor]

or fish in your pants

That wording made me feel weird. Hahaha!

 

[Danke42]

any place that serves steak and only has plastic knives or falling apart knives....id worry more about why I ordered a steak from there or why im even eating there.... than what knife im gonna use to cut it.

 

[ShaiHulud]

That wording made me feel weird. Hahaha!

Well, when the fish tank needs to be cleaned...

 

[oldmanwilly]

I've used my own a few times when I was served only plastic knives or butter knives that were simply incapable. Otherwise I'll use whatever hacksaw they give me and spare my edges the hits against ceramic.

I don't usually bother with steaks at restaurants anyway, but I seem to end up at bbq joints pretty often. In those cases it's "weapons free" and I use my own.

Of course, this is my go-to:

 

[ShaiHulud]

Hey norcalAF what untouchable will you be using ???

 

[WValtakis]

The trick to saving your edge is to lift the steak slightly off the plate as you make the final cut through it for a strip, then cut that strip up on top of the rest of the steak

 

[norcalAF]

Hey norcalAF what untouchable will you be using ???

I have a serrated David Mary steak knife on order

 

[ShaiHulud]

I have a serrated David Mary steak knife on order

So until it arrives, youre using its spirit, or what?

 

[270ultimate]

I wanted to order the Kai folding steak knives back when the big river had a 2 pack available for about the price of one, but I never pulled the trigger.

So I just pick my steak up and bite off of it.

 

[norcalAF]

So until it arrives, youre using its spirit, or what?

I'll just eat pork truth be told the inbound steak knife is intended to be mostly a bread knife in the kitchen. I also have a fully custom Midnight Fighter that David has hinted about being serrated. That will be my steak knife

 

[mike a c]

I was at a steak house in Miami a couple months ago and was surprised to be using their Laguiole! Didn’t have the greatest edge but…

 

[ShaiHulud]

I'll just eat pork truth be told the inbound steak knife is intended to be mostly a bread knife in the kitchen. I also have a fully custom Midnight Fighter that David has hinted about being serrated. That will be my steak knife

Those bread sentries wont stand a chance!

 

[norcalAF]

Those bread sentries wont stand a chance!

Full story, DMs Arcolinea that I snagged on the secondary inspired me to commission a few more kitchen knives with the same handle material as a gift to my wife, and an excuse to get rid of the last of the beat up wusthofs from the knife drawer I'd be lying if I said I wasn't looking forward to using them all myself!