Who here brings their knife out for dinner?

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Bladegunner said:
Really Zombie in the North Florida Panhandle? Is this classy joint the Walmart Diner? Or are you talking about really stepping up your game at the local Hooters? I bet they throw the word "Sir" around a lot in that class joint.
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Heck sir,
We ain't but a stones throw down the ditch from the big nuff' city. We got's Tallyhassy!
They even use xtree forks for deezert!

Ps... Usually it's the Po-leece that's sayin' "sir" but the i-deer is the same.
Walmart has diner now? YeeeHaw!!!
 
High end or low end, I have never needed to use my personal knife at a restaurant. Sorry, but It strikes me as a superiority or attention sort of thing.
 
Steve6387 said:
High end or low end, I have never needed to use my personal knife at a restaurant. Sorry, but It strikes me as a superiority or attention sort of thing.
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How so, when no one at the restaurant ever notices?
It's not like people whip out their knife and shout in a booming voice, "Hey everyone, look at me and my knife! It is far better than the sub-par cutlery all you peasants are using! I'm the king of the restaurant!!!"

Or at least I don't do that...I suppose I cannot speak for everyone else. ;)
 
Steve6387 said:
High end or low end, I have never needed to use my personal knife at a restaurant. Sorry, but It strikes me as a superiority or attention sort of thing.
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Thanks for your reply. I assure you I have no need for attention.

I just enjoy eating a cooked to my liking steak with my favourite knife (set aside for that purpose) and I would hope the chef/owner/ waitstaff would take it as a compliment....and realize that their knives suck!!:eek::D
 
Steve6387 said:
High end or low end, I have never needed to use my personal knife at a restaurant. Sorry, but It strikes me as a superiority or attention sort of thing.
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It's absolutely not a supiorority thing. It's a enjoy your awesome knife thing!
I don't get out for a nice steak dinner very often, but when I do I sure do enjoy eating it with my humble Case Texas Toothpick!
 
Steve6387 said:
High end or low end, I have never needed to use my personal knife at a restaurant. Sorry, but It strikes me as a superiority or attention sort of thing.
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Nothing of the sort, at least not in my case. It is a rare occurrence. Usually, when dining out, the restaurant provides everything that is needed. I used a pocket knife exactly once to cut steak, because the knives provided by the restaurant were useless. No one noticed but my wife, who didn't think anything of it, and the waiter, who got a chuckle out of it. I didn't make a big show of it. I took out the knife (a silver Alox Vic Pioneer), sliced up the steak into individual morsels, wiped it off, and put it back in my pocket.

I mentioned my use in an earlier post at a place that brings you plastic cutlery with your meals. It's a BAR. Noisy. Dimly lit. People drinking. Sometimes live music. Great food. Wonderful place. Been going there regularly for probably 35 years. The knife I used there was a Case Stockman. Cut up some onion rings. Wiped it off with a moist paper napkin, back in the pocket. Washed it in soapy water when I got home. I think I have done that twice on different visits there. Sometimes I get the fries instead of the onion rings, so no need. No one noticed, and no one would have cared if they had.

I guess some of you have an image of people dressed in bib overalls at a 4-star, $100 per person upscale restaurant whipping out a Cold Steel Espada and yelling "Yee-haw, let's eat some cow!"

If I'm carrying a knife that is grungy, or some big folder, I wouldn't consider it. If I am at a restaurant that provides adequate cutlery, no need to dirty up my knife. My point was, if I happen to need a knife to cut something, and I have a knife that suits the need on hand, then I will use it. I am quite mindful of hygiene and my pocket knives are usually completely clean. I tend to carry multi-blade slipjoints and there is usually at least one blade that had not been used that day.

Others are welcome to do as they please. From the sound of some posts, some of you are much better off financially than I am and eat out at very nice restaurants all the time. I promise I maintain appropriate decorum on the occasions I am going out someplace where you dress for dinner. But at my local beer joint, I reserve the right to cut up a steak with a Case Trapper if I feel like it.
 
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I've been carrying an unused folder on the weekends just in case I get a dull knife with my Friday night steak. I still haven't needed to use it at a steakhouse, but it got some playing time this afternoon when the wife and I split a turkey leg at Ye Olde Renaissance Festival.
 
jc57 said:
I guess some of you have an image of people dressed in bib overalls at a 4-star, $100 per person upscale restaurant whipping out a Cold Steel Espada and yelling "Yee-haw, let's eat some cow!"
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:p I usually carry this very knife in the large 5.5" blade version . The XL version is nearly 17" OAL and would cause stir most places .I used to wear them bib overalls too !:D Luckily our Walmart only has a Subway and they cut them for you .
 
I have not personally had to pull my own knife out to cut meat at a restaurant - if I had to do that, I would be complaining about the meat for certain. (Probably been covered in the 7 pages of this thread - Danke with his spoon comment pretty much covers it..)

However - if you really go to a GOOD place, like the SW in Vegas, which provides a Shun steak knife, you will see why it's $150 for a meal.

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Buying a folding steak knife that you bring to a restaurant is a solution in need of a problem. I suppose you could be given a "bad knife" from time to time but that would be easily remedied by asking for another. If you use your own knife because you prefer it that's fine, but the assertion that it's necessary is ridiculous.
 
KuduCuckoo said:
... it got some playing time this afternoon when the wife and I split a turkey leg at Ye Olde Renaissance Festival.
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You didnt use a short sword? Whats the point of going to a Renaissance festival if you dont use a short sword to cut up a turkey leg??????
 
Riz! said:
You didnt use a short sword? Whats the point of going to a Renaissance festival if you dont use a short sword to cut up a turkey leg??????
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I better start small. I'll buy a good turkey dagger from one of the bladesmiths next time.
 
It happened today ! Lunch at my usual diner , normally no problem but this time the roast beef was stubborn ! Had to have a very sharp knife . Sebenza to the rescue ! :)
They know me there and the only one that commented was the guy next to me .He was an old timer like me ,knew me and showed me his EDC - a very small SAK ! We laughed ! :rolleyes:
 
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