Your pocket knives and outdoor knives in the Kitchen?

jimh0220 said:
Naw. Easier to cut yourself with a dull knife than a sharp one. Been there, so I speak from experience.
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Skimo said:
The thing about giving a sharp knife to a person accustomed to dull knives is the change in use doesn't come with the change in sharpness.

Bad habits with dull knives don't just go away...
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jimh0220 said:
Show the chucklehead who insists on a dull knife why dull knives suck, why a sharp knife is better, and they should be able to figure it out. If they still don't get it, buy your own set of knives and keep em sharp, and laugh at their lack of intelligence.
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Awesome advice; I'll make sure to lecture and insult my wife when she gets home from work, because I just HATE having sex...:rolleyes:

Shotgun said:
My question to you is WhyTF do you care and WTF's up with the hostile tone?:rolleyes:
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Good question, and one which I'm certain does not have a pleasing answer.
 
They do have outdoor kitchen knives, they tend to have thin blades.

Thick blades make good choppers (we use debas for chopping or thick bone tasks), never slicing though. Whatever works right?

I remember this guy bringing a 4x4 escalade with 22's to an OHV, sure it's a 4x4. But he sure got critized by off road enthusiasts. I didn't care, it was fun watching that disaster.
 
Every Thanksgiving at my cousin's house I carve the turkey with a nice knife. Last year I used this one, a Nieto Toro that had not seen any use

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my cousin liked it and kept buggin me to get her a knife, so for Christmas I gave her a Buck fixed, forgot the model. I think u could call that knife education.
 
Any knife worth using in the woods, should be useful for food prep. Cutting boring things in the kitchen can tell you a lot about a knife. (Not talking choppers, machetes etc.hope that is obvious) Most new knives I get start off cutting food in the kitchen, just the way it is.
 
Zulu, that's awesome. I'd have to move it into the garage, and sleep out there with it, if I pulled that!
Which Scrapper is that, and how did you get it to look so mean?

On the subject of dull knives - my mother-in-law has a block full of Wusthoff and Henckels; several she bought in Germany.
Dad-in-law used to sharpen them occasionally on a pull-through, but they would never hesitate to cut on a ceramic plate or run 'em through the dishwasher.
When they got too dull or torn up she'd buy a new one.
My wife and I stayed there for a week last year, and they were just miserable. So I ran each one over the WorkSharp. When they got home, she exclaimed "my knives all cut again!" So, after nearly a year of abuse, she asked me to do it again. Which I was happy to do.
Strangest request she asked me to keep her thinnest, most-used paring knife a little dull. Not so the edge would last longer, but so she wouldn't cut herself with it. I thought it odd, because a sharp knife, to me, is safer - once you figure out how sharp it is and use it accordingly. But I figured out that that's the knife she uses to cut things in her hand (fruit, avocados, that sort of thing.) She's no spring chicken, and probably doesn't have the dexterity she one did. I've decided that she's not crazy, and it may have actually been a reasonable request. When fully sharpened up, that little thing cuts through soft tissue like it's not even there.
 
well I'm single and pay my own mortgage, so the only one that could complain about the kitchen knives is me :D the scrapper is a 511 with a stripped and oxidized grind

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p.s. my mom and grandma also keep their smaller knives dull to avoid cutting themselves
 
stabman said:
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Awesome advice; I'll make sure to lecture and insult my wife when she gets home from work, because I just HATE having sex...:rolleyes:



Good question, and one which I'm certain does not have a pleasing answer.
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I am so sorry your marital relations with your wife are so tenuous as to teeter on the verge of non existence over sharpening or not sharpening your kitchen knives. I would never suggest insulting someone (that was sarcasm, not literally meant) to open a dialogue or teaching them something that will make something easier, like using a sharp knife to cut food. See, nice, and sympathetic to your marriage issues, too. I know. You are impressed with my caring side too.:D

zuluninja said:
here ya go jim

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missing one of the handmades as it was sitting dirty at the sink
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OK, you are right. THAT is sorta awesome!
 
Shotgun said:
3 reasons for me and it has nothing to do with "showing off."

1st) I'm a minimalist and having a specialty knife for this or that drives me nuts.


My question to you is WhyTF do you care and WTF's up with the hostile tone?:rolleyes:
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I'm sorry if I offended your fragile feelings. Continue to use whatever knife you want, as I understand how rare it is for people to expect someone to use KITCHEN knives in their kitchen, which is so troubling for you, as they are specialized. You should just buy 1 machete for every task, thus simplifying things for your life. See, I'm a helper.

I hope you will forgive me for my hostility that I was unaware I demonstrated. Poor fragile soul. :rolleyes:
 
tknife said:
Any knife worth using in the woods, should be useful for food prep. Cutting boring things in the kitchen can tell you a lot about a knife. (Not talking choppers, machetes etc.hope that is obvious) Most new knives I get start off cutting food in the kitchen, just the way it is.
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It will show people how much they really suck in the kitchen for the most part as kitchen knives (Good ones) are THIN and have blade and edge geometry to really cut extremely well...

However there are certain knives that are thin enough and do have the proper blade and edge geometry to really perform as well or better than even the good kitchen knives.... But that's not the norm.

For the most part even a cheap kitchen knife from Wally world with perform better in the kitchen that MOST knives people use.....
 
I think its a great way to test out a new knife and a quick way to try out how the grind and the blade geometry work.
Other than that, I'd rather use my set of Solicut knives, they work much better and are easier to clean.
 
goodeyesniper said:
Zulu, what's the knife with the nice Burl handle.
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I made that one from 1084 steel, flat grind with top swedge and convex edge, spalted maple scales with homemade micarta liners, glad you like it. I know they are not the best for kitchen duties, my calphalons are way better, but at least I'm giving them some use.
 
jimh0220 said:
I am so sorry your marital relations with your wife are so tenuous as to teeter on the verge of non existence over sharpening or not sharpening your kitchen knives. I would never suggest insulting someone (that was sarcasm, not literally meant) to open a dialogue or teaching them something that will make something easier, like using a sharp knife to cut food. See, nice, and sympathetic to your marriage issues, too. I know. You are impressed with my caring side too.:D
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It's alright...I saved my marriage by using the Spyderco Tuff to cut up some onions for burgers yesterday. :thumbup:
 
I would use my Spyderco manix 2, or my handmade Peter Marzitelli straight blade (Fixed blade) to cut my food. All of the kitchen knives in my parents house are dull to the point that you could run your hand across all day and not cut yourself.
 
Seeing as this thread has been dragged out of the vault, I'll chime in. My wife could care less about me collecting knives, she thinks its sort of nuts, but "whatever".

BUT... Every time that I say anything about upgrading from the total crap Penny's knives that we have in the kitchen she throws a fit. Ditto when I sharpen the knives to a reasonable sharpness. Last time I sharpened the kitchen knives it ended in a trip to the emergency room and stitches when she stabbed the knife almost all the way through her palm trying to get the pit out of an avocado.

So now when I want to cut up a bunch of something (and I do at LEAST half the cooking), I use an appropriate knife from my collection. And while I'm at it, because I AM a knife nut, of COURSE it's time to take pictures :rolleyes:
 
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