Your knife at the restaurant...

Luis G,
the manager should have immediately gotten that waiter to get you another knife and then disciplined him or her behind closed doors. I would have walked out.
 
IMightBeWrong said:
At nicer restaurants, it can be considered insulting to your server to do something like that. They're there to take care of every little detail for you, so even handing your plate to the bus boy can be considered rude (as if you're doing their job for them to make them feel inept). Just be careful what type of place you use a pocket knife. Most places will probably be fine, but if there's a bathroom attendant handing you towels and breath mints you should probably keep your knife in your pocket.
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What kind of poncy restaraunts do you go to? I can't imagine a waiter caring one way or another as long as the tip is good.

To the OP. I used my SAK once at a fancy beer place because they didn't bring my GF and I one. We had bruscetta with roasted garlic. I guess they thought we should spread the garlic with our fingers? :confused: As for cutting steak, I don't order steak at restaraunts. IMO steaks are so easily done at home that paying 3 times it's worth at a restaraunt boggles my mind.
 
When my kids were younger, I would take out my edc to cut up their meats and veggies. Family members and friends that know me are all ok with it. Waitresses never bothered me. My kids would insist I use my knife to cut up their food. =]
 
Luis G. said:
I then asked if it would be okay to use my own knife, the waiter had to call in the manager the manager simply said as long as it's legal to carry. I pulled out my bradly alias XD and got to cutting.
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Why? The knife was legal, the restaurant is already full of knives, they gave you one specifically, and restaurants are not some restricted area for any weapons. You could have a CCW in your waistband while eating. Were you afraid of scaring another patron or member of the staff, because they mostly have knives with them already. I can imagine the bartender reeling in horror while you take out a folder with a blade as long as the paring knife he has in hand cutting lemons.
 
hardheart said:
Why? The knife was legal, the restaurant is already full of knives, they gave you one specifically, and restaurants are not some restricted area for any weapons. You could have a CCW in your waistband while eating. Were you afraid of scaring another patron or member of the staff, because they mostly have knives with them already. I can imagine the bartender reeling in horror while you take out a folder with a blade as long as the paring knife he has in hand cutting lemons.
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My guess is that he errors on the side of too much manners then too little. Something a lot of posters on this forum should think about. Myself included.
 
stoffi said:
Luis G,
the manager should have immediately gotten that waiter to get you another knife and then disciplined him or her behind closed doors. I would have walked out.
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No need to discipline the waiter for restaurant policies, he did nothing rude and was very polite and accommodating. But yes the fact they didnt have a sharper knife was rather silly imho, however not enough to make me leave a porter house :P.


hardheart said:
Why? The knife was legal, the restaurant is already full of knives, they gave you one specifically, and restaurants are not some restricted area for any weapons. You could have a CCW in your waistband while eating. Were you afraid of scaring another patron or member of the staff, because they mostly have knives with them already. I can imagine the bartender reeling in horror while you take out a folder with a blade as long as the paring knife he has in hand cutting lemons.
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Same way they can deny service to anyone as long as it doesn't have to do with basic discrimination laws then yes I do have to ask for permission or consent. Their property, their establishment, their rules. It's how restaurants can have a No tie no service, or a no shirt no service, or no shoes no service policy. This was a rather expensive restaurant, it's called common courtesy.
 
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To be honest if you're eating at
A) restaurants with in adequate knives for steak cutting
B) restaurants that provide no silver ware (dare I ask wtf?)

I suggest saving up some cash and going to a real restaurant.

This is simply my suggestion.
Don't get cranky.
 
I have eaten out in a lot of restaurants in a lot of places in the US and abroad and I have never had to pull out my personal knife to cut anything..... Ever.......

Some of these people must be eating at some questionable places....

If they can't cook the food properly in the 1st place and or supply proper eating utensils to eat it with.

I know for sure I wouldn't be eating at any of those places.
 
I use my knife for cutting things, and things sometimes includes food.
Alot of prissy, judgemental people in this thread who want to shove their idea of "properness" on others.

"I carry my knife as a tool."
-do you cut food with it?
"No, I'm not an idiot who uses it to play with."
-do you open boxes with it?
"No, that's what box cutters are for."
-do you pry out staples with it?
"Hell no, I might damage the tip, you idiot."

Well Mr. Prissy pants, don't be shocked when people don't buy that you carry it as a tool when you never use the friggin thing.:cool:
 
viva la said:
So you like to contaminate your knives before using them on the food you are eating. That's really using your brain :)
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Hand sanitizer.
It sanitizes more than just hands.
AND it works well as a firestarter.

That's using the old brain.
 
Never at a restaurant, but at plenty of barbecues or similar functions. Places that give you plastic ware specifically. And some places like that serve unbelievably good food. There are plenty of kinds of meat that aren't rare steaks, too, I know I know, it's a crazy thought that someone might ever go somewhere and not order a rare steak!

I have pulled the pocket knife out eating dinner at friends or family homes, though. They don't always cook a steak that you can cut with sheer force of willpower, and often have horrible knives.

That said I certainly wouldn't call it remotely rude to pull it out at a mid scale restaurant($50 plates) granted I feel I could pull mine out and use it without even a waiter realizing I wasn't using their knife. If you are going to a truly high class place with several courses, with several wine pairings than I probably would not advise it.
 
goodeyesniper said:
but at plenty of barbecues or similar functions. Places that give you plastic ware specifically.
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Barbeques are where I've used it most.
Also at work a few times, when my wife sent a steak or pork chop with me.
Restaurant, only a very few times, and it's not like a whipped out the Junglas and hacked the food to pieces.:D
 
I think that dining out is still considered an occasion in some circles. If it enhances your experience to use your own personal cutlery, pay a corkage fee to enjoy your own wine, or dress up for the event, why not? As long as the establishment permits such things, I don't see a problem...
 
Luis G. said:
No need to discipline the waiter for restaurant policies, he did nothing rude and was very polite and accommodating. But yes the fact they didnt have a sharper knife was rather silly imho, however not enough to make me leave a porter house : P
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He denied u another knife. He said no. Surely that isn't restaurant policy? If he can't accommodate that basic need for me, I'm outa' there.
 
If we are going to Rtuh's Chris's steak house or somewhere like that I will often take my seki cut fixed blade that I modified with koa wood handles.
Problem is the leather sheath rides to the point that the end of the handle just pokes me a little bit in the side.

Currently thinking of selling that one and buying a different one or making one. As far as folders I just don't like the idea of getting food stuck in the spaces in a folding knife. I know i can always just cut with the tip so it doesn't go deep but somehow I always get my fingers a little dirty/oily/whatever.
 
stoffi said:
He denied u another knife. He said no. Surely that isn't restaurant policy? If he can't accommodate that basic need for me, I'm outa' there.
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Ah I see. Well it was relatively new and was packed that day maybe they ran out? Or something. It would have bothered me if I didnt have a knife to use my self but on.
I do see the obvious point that they should have stocked sharper knives, etc but I am not about to have a waiter disciplined over the fact the restaurant maybe didnt have knives left or carried any sharper knife.

Needless to say that porter house was delicious.
 
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