using the same knife for work-related dirty tasks and also for food prep?

[T. Erdelyi]

…Right on. As for gunking up your pivot and stuff... I carry a small fixed blade. Among other advantages, it's stoopid easy to clean.

Folder for most everyday cutting if I use it to cut a sandwich in half or an apple it's because it was clean before hand most of my folders have 3 1/2" or less blade so they're typically not the best at good prep. Now I do carry a fixed blade that does see more double duty but as was mentioned above, "...it's stoopid easy to clean."

 

[Tripton]

This thread reminds me of this poem by John Nelson

Did you ever notice when a ride gets long
or a hunt begins to drag,
how your guide will pull an apple or orange
from his old saddle bag.

He'll unfold his Buck, then carve 'er up
in four quarters neat and nice,
with hand outstretched, eyeball the dudes,
and insist they take a slice.

The greenhorns to this adventurous gang act
with zest to his tempting morsel,
slam'er down the hatch with a toast to health
on its way to their twisting torso.

But, the old hands keep their distance like
an old mule you might try to halter.
Regardless sweet juicy tempt and chides,
in negative response the never falter.

"No" they say, "I've got my own," or the Doc
says it gives 'em a sporadic liver.
Its not that they don't partake of fruit.
It's the guides knife that makes 'em quiver.

Just watch this salty mountain gent as he
goes about his back country duties,
and heed the ways he wields that knife.
You'll find he has some beauties!

He'll pick up a horse's gimpy foot, and
commence to clean out all the crud.
Your nose says bet that scraped out
stuff (sniff) surely ain't all mud.

He’ll take your daily catch of trout,
slit and clean them in one sitting.
Then cut through the shiny pile that’s
left,just to see what the fish were hitting.

He’ll set a screw in your fishing reel,
cut the twine from alfalfa bales,
splice reins, scrape the bot eggs from horses’
hair, and clean his fingernails.

He’ll cut bandages from an old wound, and
use the blade to bell a mule,
skin an elk, pry the caps off fly repellent
and the cans of Coleman fuel.

“Don’t you think you should wash your knife?”
You offer him this warning.
“Sure,” he nods, “ I boiled it in the coffee pot,
just the other morning.”

He looks at you, then smiles and winks, says,
“Just kiddin”, I don’t really mean it.”
“When I think my ol’ Buck needs a change of
Oil, I slice an orange to clean it.”

So, if your guide offers an apple slice,
just smile and say, “Of Course.”
Then ease off gently away from the group,
and feed it to your horse.

But, if an orange slice is his only gift,and
now your gut’s not feelin’ placid.
It’s time to develop a sudden allergy
to all forms of citric acid.


http://www.majesticwest.net/cpoet2.html

 

[JOELSM]

So you wouldn't eat my meat? Jeez I even used one of my most tacticool knives...

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[Franciscomv]

I spend a lot of time away from home, so my EDC get used for food prep quite often. I keep disinfecting wipes in all my backpacks and since I carry multiple blades I usually keep one clean for food.

 

[celtic11]

My EDC sees the most disgusting stuff you can imagine, no way I would put it anywhere near food.

I think you're underestimating my imagination.

 

[David From NC]

This all reminds me of the time I was having a birthday dinner/get together at a local pizza restaurant. Everyone was there except one couple who were going to be late so the rest of us ordered. As the first pizzas came out, I was getting the first slice and pulled it away from the pan and the hot molten cheese "stringed" between the slice and the main pizza. I pulled it a foot or two away and it still wouldn't "break". It was almost funny as I and the waitress looked at each other waiting for it to "break" as the final couple walked in to the packed restaurant. He is known as "the crazy guy" anyway and he whipped out a little pocket knife and waving it around above his head hurried over yelling "NO! WAIT! Here! LET ME USE MY 'TOE-PICKING' KNIFE!!!"



He had the entire restaurant's attention then.

 

[ISKski]

two birds, one stone?

 

[BmoreJeff]

I keep a sebenza 25, a small insingo, and an xm-18 on my kitchen knife block. I use the the xm for cutting through bones and tough cuts, the 25 for prepping veggies, and the small insingo for a paring knife for pealing and whatnot. I have a kitchen knife set that is very nice and cost about 400 for 3 knives and a block but I like using my folders sometimes. Call me stupid but I payed a lot of money for those knives and I want to use them as much as I can. After use I wipe down with Clorox wipes and maybe a rinse on the xm if I cut meat, which is rare but it designed to be submerged. When all is said and done I grab one off the block everyday to edc. Just give them a wipe with an antibacterial cloth and no worries.

 

[HwangJino]

You may want to do more than just wipe.

Since we are talking bone meat and blood, I'd do a more thorough cleaning probably breakdown and sanitize with diluted bleach. Knife like that could shut down restaurants.

 

[evanPGH]

My carry blades get used for food all the time but I always do a quick wipe down after cutting something.

I don't have any fancy kitchen knives because I don't need them. If I need to prep food at home, one of my EDC knives can do job just fine. I'd rather spend my knife money on blades that I can bring with me.

 

[olybears57]

I build trails for a living, and don't have the luxury of a block full of kitchen knives on day 7 in the backcountry I use my Cru Wear Military, or my Strider SNG for working on trail, as well as camp tasks and cooking. (Especially the military... GREAT slicer!) They get filthy during the day, but unless I was doing something real gnarly with them during the day I just wipe them on my sleeve.... Camp clean! A little bit of dirt never hurt anybody right?

 

[salmonkiller]

Just wipe and wash your knife after use.Sterilize the sucker if that helps you not get grossed out.Anti bacterial soap?I carry only one knife at a time.....

 

[Shotgun]

what about when backpacking/hiking? I guess wood and resin on a pocket knife aren't so bad compared to most work-related tasks. but then again, when I go out in the woods I have a fixed blade and a pocket knife (which I can try to keep pretty clean).

Horse tail or usnea with a little water takes off most things. Nature's scouring pads.

 

[McVeyMac]

What is really nasty is school toilets in preschool. The little ones are sitting on the seats because they don't know who to squat over them without touching or how to put some paper ring on the seat.. The teachers are also not cleaning after every kid so that lots of kids sit in the pee of the previous kids. Most kids are fine and don't have any diseases but some do and I wouldnt want to sit in their feces. But yeah always make sure you sneeze into your elbow and not your hand ...:thumbup:

LOL, I thought you were going to bring EDC knives and food prep into the preschool bathroom. I guess I am sicker than most!

 

[McVeyMac]

So you wouldn't eat my meat? Jeez I even used one of my most tacticool knives...

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Way to stay in the lines. Good job!

 

[paulhilborn]

They get filthy during the day, but unless I was doing something real gnarly with them during the day I just wipe them on my sleeve.... Camp clean! A little bit of dirt never hurt anybody right?

I totally agree with this and said basically the exact same thing earlier in the thread but one questioned how sterile the knife can be, eh? I never even said "Sterile" in my post. I simply inferred "clean enough for me" :thumbup:

Paul

 

[Bob6794]

No I don't use my EDC for food prep. I use my EDC for cutting up various things which I don't want touching my food. Closest it come to food is starting a cut in a bag so I can tear it open.

 

[555]

Traveling & around town or having to eat at a work site, I'll carry a food only knife, SAK, Stainless Steel Trapper, etc. along with the EDC work knives. Clean the knife when I get home in the evening, so it's ready the next day or clean with water and soap from the truck.

 

[Myal]

I use my knives for food

 

[Andya27]

Whatever knife (or knives) I'm carrying are used for everything.