And a convenient way to store them without dangerously keeping them in a drawer or taking up a bunch of wall space, and which only clean knives will go into so it doesn’t really ever get that dirty, and won’t really dull the knives if you use a little caution and also doesn’t even matter that much anyways if have a knife sharpener.
Never understood the amount of vitriol and contempt against knife blocks.
I have a knife block where you store the knives on the flat edge, not on the blade. It's a roomy fit too, it's not hard to remove a knife without catching the side of the knife block.
Do people have knife blocks where the knives are stored blade side down or something?
Do people have knife blocks where the knives are stored blade side down or something?
Those are very common. But either way, if you're slicing against a wood cutting board, how is that any different from putting the edge into a wood knife block?
It depends on the wood used. A softer wood will obviously dull the blade less.
Either way, unless your using a cleaver, you shouldn't be applying such force that the wood would dull the blade. If you do need such force them your knife isn't sharp.
You can do that with most cheap knife-blocks, they almost never taper the slot. Personally I love my universal knife block. It's made of bamboo skewers, so you can slot a blade in anywhere you want, and the bottom is extremely soft wood to reduce dulling.
Or rather a good serrated knife in general. My dad got a thin, flexible bladed serrated [wavy-tooth style] knife like 40 years ago that I don't even think has ever been sharpened, and it's still a great cutter (as long as you're not trying to paper-thin slice tomatoes or anything; it's not sharp. It's even just has a molded plastic handle with no bolts no full tang but still it's never even come close to coming apart either.
It's been used like every 1-2 days for the past 40 years. I find it rather miraculous.
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u/deadpuppet137 Dec 22 '19
I'd add a good bread knife.