Your knife at the restaurant...

i pack a Shun Higo 5900 for just such occasions, the usual reaction is someone asking to borrow it.
 
I just used my BM Bedlam as a steak knife this morning. My neighbor treated me to steak and eggs breakfast at the local coffee shop/ greasy spoon. They have good NY strips, but it turns out they have crappy steak knives. Neither of ours would cut so out came the Bedlam. After discreetly opening it it push cut both of our steaks- and yes, I did the cutting, as the edges on my knives scare my friend. I touched it up on the Sharpmaker when we got home.

I don't feel weird for using my knife in a discreet manner- after all, it's not like I was waving it about.
 
Only if the table knife is completely useless and the place isn't very fancy. Or the place is fancy and I feel like messing with people (quite fun when the waiter comes around and you're cutting your food with a para2)

The one place that I always have to use my own knife for is Panera, the greek salad they have has pickled peppers in it and the place's spoons are sharper than their knives. So far thats only gotten positive comments.

On a side note I'm always tempted to get a Spyderco catcherman SE for this.

Its the one time I'm not cautious about knife use, since the alternative is just to use a bigger butter knife so few people I've encountered are really opposed to it, most just think its odd or hilarious.
 
I've heard of connoisseurs of fine cuisine that carry and use their own gear at restaurants. Me, I just use what's provided. If anything's sub-standard, I'll just ask the staff to remedy the situation and most places are happy to oblige. To be perfectly honest, I've never received an inadequate steak-knife at the table before. Maybe I'm just lucky that way...
 
all the time but i am a chef so my knife gets used all the time in the kitchen and most of the time when i am eating a quick meal
 
RevDevil said:
Sure, tell that to the horrified waitress or the steak ;)
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Actually, the waitress checked on us while I was cutting my steak, and either didn't notice or didn't care that I was using my personal knife. (She probably didn't notice.):D

ETA: I didn't think to ask for another steak knife when she checked on us because my Bedlam was working so well.
 
I usually whip out my big 8 inch bowie knife when I'm at the steak house,JK....I used an ontario rat 1 to cut a steak at a restaurant a few times.I like to put my knives to good use.
 
This has never bothered anyone at a steak place.
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Mike-Mike said:
Watch those Japanese chefs who cut on the grill and you will soon learn the trick to not dulling your edge on hard surfaces.
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chefs knives are completely different. And those japanese guys have been doing it every day all day for years.
 
hardheart said:
some of us don't carry toys in our pockets to play with and don't eat with our fingers, but enjoy your happy meals and lack of embarassment.
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some of us aren't pretentious and don't feel the need to show off our knives everywhere we go.

If you are eating at a restaurant and need your ultrasharp pocket knife to cut a steak, return the steak cuz they cooked it wrong...
 
viva la said:
some of us aren't pretentious and don't feel the need to show off our knives everywhere we go.

If you are eating at a restaurant and need your ultrasharp pocket knife to cut a steak, return the steak cuz they cooked it wrong...
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If I can not cut something with a regular knife provided by the restaurant - I do not care to put it into my mouth.
I always carry a knife. But I would never consider bringing and using my own spoon, fork and knife at a restaurant - do not see any reason for that.
 
I have used my EDC in a restraurant before but not for some time. For those folks that are worried that a 'plate' will dull their edge, the trick is to cut the object on a slight angle - not straight on. That way the edge should/will be fine. Slice your food.
 
MostMenAreRuthless said:
I would feel a little silly pulling out a pocket knife at a restaurant to cut my steak/potato/etc. I could get past the "silly" part if it were truly necessary. However, the part I can't get past is the idea of the knife being unsanitary to cut my food with. Pocket lint, pocket change, and other bacteria and germs build up on it--not to mention that I frequently oil the joints and keep the blade lubricated--last thing I want to eat is some Benchmade Blue Lube. If my knife were too dull to cut my food I would ask for another.
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LOL

If only people like you knew what actually went on in commercial kitchens a bit of lint or lube might not seem like all that big of a deal.

*protip: if the chef doesn't drive an expensive car or there's no "tie rule" you can bet you don't want to know what goes on back there (or eat there).
 
viva la said:
If you are eating at a restaurant and need your ultrasharp pocket knife to cut a steak, return the steak cuz they cooked it wrong...
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I must be doing it wrong- I have never had a steak or chop that didn't require a knife to cut it. :o
 
I ate steak last night with one of my knives and realized how awesome it was to use my knife that way. Today while working I decided that gives me the reason to have two knives at work with me- one for work and one for food. My gf was like "WHY?" and I just said, why not? It gives me more reasons to use my knife for more than just fiddling with. She couldn't argue with that.
 
After reading all of this, I'm reconsidering. I just might look for one of those camp knives that have the fork and spoon sticking out of the sides. That way if I'm eating out, and I get a fork that breaks or won't poke through something, I have an alternative without having to bother the wait staff. If I happen to get a spoon with a hole in it, maybe one that is bent funny, or that for some reason just won't scoop, again I have a backup. Most importantly it seems, there is the knife to compensate for that dull steak knife that won't cut through my meat. Yes, I hadn't realized just how unprepared I've been while dining out.

No, seriously, I'm not trying to offend anyone. I'm just teasing, and this thread is funny enough that I just couldn't help myself. Hopefully my finding it funny, doesn't offend anyone either. I guess for some this is serious business.
 
No I don't because if there knife can't cut it it isn't cooked right. And at home I do some times but at the deer lease or lake I use it .
 
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