The Female and The knife

Been there, done that. When I got my sharpmaker I thought I would do my wife a favor and sharpen all the kitchen knives. Sharpened them all to the scary sharp level of sharp, wife had no problem with using them to cut, problem's came when she forgot they were sharper then they had been while washing them. After the first couple of cuts though she has learned to adjust her handling method.
 
Still on the subject, but with a slight variation....

My father-in-law regularly sharpens the kitchen knives, however, mom-in-law is not too careful when paking cutlery away in the drawer....she just tosses them in the compartments. Result - some cutlery faces away and some faces towards the user. She is always nicking herself. He refuses to take anything out the drawer. She never learns. But then she's also managed to set the family car on fire....but that's another story....
 
My Mother in Law is the only one who really appreciates very sharp knives. The best compliment ever was when I lived with them in the arctic after I started dating my wife, sharpened their knives because that is one of the few things I am good at, and she commented "You are the only person who I've seen that could sharpen a knife like my dad!"
 
I think to be fare I should mention that I’ve known women who can sharpen a knife better then me. Who can control a cut better then be. And who handle knives better then me (umm I tend to start drinking and wake up with a few new cuts on my hand).
 
yeah i think they get used to their favorite dull knife and then you throw a little bit of a curve at them when you sharpen them. it kind of reminds me of ice skating one year on my old skates. i'm not much of an ice skater but can stay afloat, but anyhow i hadn't sharpened them and enjoyed skating and perfecting my moves. Later on in the season I decided to get them sharpened and then promptly went back onto the ice and high-sided a few times until I got used to the altered/sharpened skates.
Keep her knives sharp all the time and you might find you can relax a little. ;)
 
i can relate to the cutting on granite. i would get my henkel scary sharp, and i would put it away. i would sharpen all the knives in the house and ask my ex to not touch my henkel. come out of my room and there she is, choppping on a concrete counter top, not with the ten knives that were hers, but with my henkel. i went away for a week, came back, and the blade on my henkel looked like the blade on a freakin log splitter.
 
6749 said:
i can relate to the cutting on granite. i would get my henkel scary sharp, and i would put it away. i would sharpen all the knives in the house and ask my ex to not touch my henkel. come out of my room and there she is, choppping on a concrete counter top, not with the ten knives that were hers, but with my henkel. i went away for a week, came back, and the blade on my henkel looked like the blade on a freakin log splitter.
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Boy, I hate the sound of a sharp knife hitting any kind of cutting surface. Worse than finger nails on a chalkboard to me. Tap, tap, tap..AHHHHH
 
citizensoldierNY said:
Been there, done that. When I got my sharpmaker I thought I would do my wife a favor and sharpen all the kitchen knives. Sharpened them all to the scary sharp level of sharp, wife had no problem with using them to cut, problem's came when she forgot they were sharper then they had been while washing them. After the first couple of cuts though she has learned to adjust her handling method.
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I learned a long time ago that dirty knives go beside the sink, not in it.
 
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