I have a concept for a much nicer knife block, but it will take me ages to
start making it, and until recently all our knives were just sitting out on
the counter acting as clutter. I wouldn't let them go into the drawers for
safety reasons (they're really sharp), and to keep them from knocking around
getting dull. But my mother-in-law gave us this old crock pot her mother
used to use to hold kitchen utensils, thinking I could put them in that.
Wanting to protect the knives, I routed a pine disk to cover the bottom, and
coopered a 19 sided lining to cover the insides, then made a slotted top to
hold the knives, leaving a little gap at the sides for additional utensils.
Scroll to the bottom of this web page to see what I'm talking about:
http://www.manyirons.com/Puker/knifeholders.htm
- Owen -
"DanG" wrote:
> You do know that the bottom of that crock is one of the finest blade
> sharpening ceramics available, don't ya? It even works quite well on
> serrated edges.
My mother would sit down on a kitchen chair, a crock between her legs, and
go to work sharpening an butcher knife.
Must have worn at least a couple of knives down to nothing over the years.
Lew
No, I didn't know that. It's always worthwhile striking up a conversation
around here; you never know what you might learn!
- Owen -
"DanG" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> You do know that the bottom of that crock is one of the finest blade
> sharpening ceramics available, don't ya? It even works quite well on
> serrated edges.
>
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> DanG (remove the sevens)
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> "Owen Lawrence" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>>I have a concept for a much nicer knife block, but it will take me ages to
>>start making it, and until recently all our knives were just sitting out
>>on the counter acting as clutter. I wouldn't let them go into the drawers
>>for safety reasons (they're really sharp), and to keep them from knocking
>>around getting dull. But my mother-in-law gave us this old crock pot her
>>mother used to use to hold kitchen utensils, thinking I could put them in
>>that. Wanting to protect the knives, I routed a pine disk to cover the
>>bottom, and coopered a 19 sided lining to cover the insides, then made a
>>slotted top to hold the knives, leaving a little gap at the sides for
>>additional utensils. Scroll to the bottom of this web page to see what I'm
>>talking about:
>>
>> http://www.manyirons.com/Puker/knifeholders.htm
>>
>> - Owen -
>>
>>
>
>
You do know that the bottom of that crock is one of the finest
blade sharpening ceramics available, don't ya? It even works
quite well on serrated edges.
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______________________________
Keep the whole world singing . . . .
DanG (remove the sevens)
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"Owen Lawrence" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>I have a concept for a much nicer knife block, but it will take
>me ages to start making it, and until recently all our knives
>were just sitting out on the counter acting as clutter. I
>wouldn't let them go into the drawers for safety reasons (they're
>really sharp), and to keep them from knocking around getting
>dull. But my mother-in-law gave us this old crock pot her mother
>used to use to hold kitchen utensils, thinking I could put them
>in that. Wanting to protect the knives, I routed a pine disk to
>cover the bottom, and coopered a 19 sided lining to cover the
>insides, then made a slotted top to hold the knives, leaving a
>little gap at the sides for additional utensils. Scroll to the
>bottom of this web page to see what I'm talking about:
>
> http://www.manyirons.com/Puker/knifeholders.htm
>
> - Owen -
>
>