I wish. No one would buy a knife called Pinkie McMidgetstein.

Thanks.  You can understand, of course, why I took it that way.  You singled out my post specifically to say, essentially, "your knife really isn't that nice.  It might as well be made of cheap stainless."  



I'm glad you wouldn't be bothered.  I, and many others - including my sis-in-law who went to a bona fide culinary school and has been featured in a couple LA magazines, and at least 2 posters in this thread - thought that it was very poor form for the rep to abuse my knife that way.

This, I'm trying to understand what the big deal is?  I mean if he cut through a steel cable or something.  But A rope?  Did the blade fall off or crumble on contact with rope?

You guys too?




 

I see what you mean.  I don't think cutting rope with a knife is abuse, so that's why I posted what I did.  Your knives will probably last longer than mine!

On the other hand, I have a custom knife I use for just about everything outdoors.  It has some scratches on the blade and the sheath.  I've chopped kindling with it and it cost me just shy of $400 to have made.  I think of it as a tool though, not a showpiece.  I think we just have different attitude towards knives, that's all.  

Of course the blade didn't fall off.

How about:

1 - Without my permission.

2- Not using one of my plastic cutting boards, and not "cutting" so much as hacking. In the process, she dinged the edge against a hard surface and flat-spotted it.





I'll invite her to use your guys' knives next time. I prefer that people use tools for their intended purposes. I was also just as livid when learning that one of my landlords at an old apartment used my Henckel paring knife to tighten a doorknob screw. The tip is permanently bent from that one.



So, I've now had 2 knives damaged by people using them as non-food tools. That's why I get upset. Not that the knife will be suddenly useless as a kitchen tool, but that it's just wrong to abuse someone else's knives. Since both events resulted in visible damage to the knives, I would classify that as abuse.

I'd be pretty pissed off if someone used one of my knives as a screwdriver.

Global.  Don't look back.

I don't believe cutting rope in general is abuse for a knife.  It IS abuse when it's my brand-new kitchen knife being bashed up to sell Cutco.



I don't mind a knife being used as a tool, but think they should be used appropriately.  Kitchen knives for kitchen, field knives for field work, dive knives for diving, etc.  Honest scratches and wear marks don't bother me at all.  You should see my EDC - it is well-worn and has plenty of marks on the blade.  I don't use it as a pry bar, just a cutting tool.  I don't think we have opposite views of knives, just differing ideas on abuse.  It's like guns, IMHO.  My Les Baer has much of the finish worn off and a few scratches from honest wear during training and practice.  It's been shot in rain, sun, snow, sleet, and has gone to the gravel-covered ground with me many times either in my hand or in the holster.  That's fine with me, but it's far removed from throwing it down the driveway just because "it can take it."

If you want your knives to dull quickly just throw them in the dishwasher when they are dirty.  

...Which reminds me of a couple times when my mother-in-law has visited.  She's a wonderful woman, but EVERYTHING goes in the dishwasher.

All of these knives are sharp as hell. I love showing of with tomatoes and cukes.

Primary: The classic trio.  [Sabatier, Henkels, Chicago Cutlery, top to bottom]


Secondaries (very rarely needed) The knife at the top is huge. Worthy of an ICP maniac. Haven't ever used the cleaver.


Gotta keeps my blades sharp. The steel i use almost every time i use the knives.  I use the wheels every year or two. The V-sharpener hasn't been used in about 5 years.



Does not count my spiderco's or my hunting and skinning blades.