When House Guests Attack.

[meako]

Has this ever happened to you?
An old Mate you havent seen for years turns up for the weekend. You welcome him aboard ...brothers in arms ...esprit de corps...howygoin? ...and crack the beers.
Great to catchup with old comrades, remembering the old days....ahhh yes...but then...things go horribly wrong!
(Psycho music)
After the meal

Horror upon Horror !
My Sheffield bowies .
The Wizards Knife...dumped like old junk.
Horror!
And Moral Terror!

The final insult..? No that came later when I was told my knives arent sharp enough...
Mortified I am.

 

[Wharn]

I’m assuming he’s no longer a welcomed guest?

 

[meako]

He'll always be a Brother to me.....the loud annoying knows everything one....and always welcome.
Cheers.

 

[dantzk8]

Meako.,

Your knives in the sink... I do sympathize.
Remains a question. Were your knives sharp enough ?

Dan.

 

[Will Power]

I know about this only too well....one of my brothers put couple of my Opinels in the dishwasher Thank god they were replaceable. But a Hotty visitor put a Laguiole clad in Walnut in the sink OVERNIGHT!!! The wood was wrecked and I had to get it rehandled in horn.She just seemed puzzled by my anguish...

Most people simply do not understand knives, on any level

 

[Houlahound]

Most people simply do not understand knives, on any level

Nah, most people are normal and would absolutely throw knives in the sink after a meal.

Be seated before reading the next line.

We are the ones with the problem, not them.

 

[Old Hunter]

My wife dumps our Wood handled steak knives and kitchen knives in the sink (where I find them and rescue them). I tell her the handles will be ruined - she tells me they are 43 years old. I think we have a stalemate on this issue. OH

 

[dantzk8]

Nah, most people are normal and would absolutely throw knives in the sink after a meal.

Be seated before reading the next line.

We are the ones with the problem, not them.

You are right. It's a possibility which can't be ruled out. I know people who collect things i absolutely don't care about. Not to the point that i think they have a problem but to the point that i'm happy it's not my problem.

Dan.

 

[Headwinds]

My wife laid down the law to the whole family many years ago: “Nothing with wood handles or non-stainless steel blades in the sink or dishwasher!” She’s not a “knife person” - she just wants her stuff to last forever. (We’re still using some kitchen utensils that were wedding presents over fifty years ago.)

 

[JohnDF]

I feel your pain, Meako.
This little guy has been run through the sink and dishwasher more times than I can count.
I had a family meeting about the issue and they now understand, but then along comes the guests.

 

[afishhunter]

I guess there are advantages to never having guests after-all ...

 

[Prester John]

I know about this only too well....one of my brothers put couple of my Opinels in the dishwasher Thank god they were replaceable. But a Hotty visitor put a Laguiole clad in Walnut in the sink OVERNIGHT!!! The wood was wrecked and I had to get it rehandled in horn.She just seemed puzzled by my anguish...

Most people simply do not understand knives, on any level

I inspect my dishwasher every night before it's run.

 

[jackknife]

Nah, most people are normal and would absolutely throw knives in the sink after a meal.

Be seated before reading the next line.

We are the ones with the problem, not them.

Yes, we are the ones with the obsession!

Remember, most of the rest of the world gets by in life with 3.99 stamped out stainless steel knives with dishwasher safe plastic handles. They don't care any more about a knife than some Harry Homeowner does a .99 cent screw driver from the dollar store.

We, the obsessed, count for the 1% of the people. They will never understand our obsession just as they won't understand some stamp collector paying good money for some small square bit of paper because it s a rare 1903 Argentinean commemorative stamp for General Rodrigo Zola, whoever he may be. (I made that up as example)

The only solution is when guest are coming, hide the good stuff and just leave the dollar store stuff out for them to use.

 

[Corso]

I feel your pain, Meako.
This little guy has been run through the sink and dishwasher more times than I can count.
I had a family meeting about the issue and they now understand, but then along comes the guests.

looks all the better for it

 

[JohnDF]

looks all the better for it

It survived amazingly well, which proved to me that 1095 is pretty tough and doesn't spontaneously combust as some here would have you believe.

 

[Danke42]

No one's gonna mention the blue plastic cutting board?

 

[Corso]

adds character

nevemind a bomb proof wilderness knife

real quality is if its domestic life proof

 

[Bastler]

This is why we can't have nice things. I finally had to hide the wooden handled kitchen knives, to preserve both my cutlery and our marriage. I owe a great debt to Ginsu.

 

[jackknife]

adds character

nevemind a bomb proof wilderness knife

real quality is if its domestic life proof

Corso, you've stumbled on a truth of life; never mind how survives being batoned through seasoned oak, pried with, chopped thought trees the size of an ancient redwood. If it survives the better half in the kitchen, its a great knife!

 

[Frailer]

My wife dumps our Wood handled steak knives and kitchen knives in the sink (where I find them and rescue them). I tell her the handles will be ruined - she tells me they are 43 years old. I think we have a stalemate on this issue. OH

I give soon-to-be-married young men two bits of advice:

1. You and your wife should pay each other a small “allowance” each payday. This money may be spent on whatever frivolous purchase (knives, shoes, etc.) you wish to make, without consulting with and without comment from the other partner.

2. You need to make peace with the fact that you will never *ever* “win” an argument.