I must be the calmest person on the planet

[Asterix]

I walked into the kitchen yesterday to find my beloved using my Global vegetable knife to cut the stems off a bunch of flowers. Nice thick, very woody stems.

When I calmy asked why she decided to use that knife rather than the other old knives, I was told that it was the sharpest when she cooks. I did explain there was a reason it was so sharp as I spend half a day sharpening them all properly once in a while.

Her answer was that if it went blunt again that I could sharpen it. Yes dear, I could crash the car in to a wall once a month and then have it repaired but that would be silly...

Doh!

[driverrob]

At least she wasn't using the tip to open a tin of syrup or tighten a screw in a mains plug! I've seen that done and winced.

[i want an aero]

driverrob said:

At least she wasn't using the tip to open a tin of syrup or tighten a screw in a mains plug! I've seen that done and winced.

i've also seen this done, your calmer than me

[scott.s]

My Misses keeps putting my Mac and Tojiro knives in the dish washer and on the odd times when she does wash them in the sink she uses a scouring pad.......................

I told her that when we have the money for a large house she will get her own kitchen and i will have mine!

[WhoreLex]

I've got a steel but I'm not very good at using it,

quite tempted to get a auto sharpener, as my sharpening does work but its not amazing.

[Cotty]

driverrob said:

At least she wasn't using the tip to open a tin of syrup or tighten a screw in a mains plug! I've seen that done and winced.

Reminds me of the BT advert with Gordon Ramsey
http://www.btplc.com/Careercentre/Graduates/AboutB...

[Coq au Vin]

My wife is extremely well trained and knows to treat our knives with due care. I would probably file for divorce in the OPs position.

[TIGA84]

Sympathise with you all - have a full set of global knives but want to know the best way to sharpen them. SWMBO bought me a whetstone but is this better than a ceramic steel?

[Coq au Vin]

TIGA84 said:

Sympathise with you all - have a full set of global knives but want to know the best way to sharpen them. SWMBO bought me a whetstone but is this better than a ceramic steel?

Best way is to use a Japanese water stone (the global branded one for example - although there are much better ones out there). The ceramic steel is fine for maintaining a sharp edge, but it won't sharpen a blunt knife very well.

A good way of going about things is to use one of these 1000/6000 combination stones with this method

Edited by Coq au Vin on Wednesday 18th June 04:23

[markomah]

I used to use a waterstone but got a present a year ago of Furi 'Diamond Fingers', which I find even better and a lot quicker to use.

The three-piece professional set isn't cheap (I think they're about £100 or so) but it's fantastic and means it is possible to keep all your knives sharp without too much effort.

[Asterix]

I use a waterstone and started with the correct 'guides'that help you out. They are like razors when I'm done with them.

I have a ceramic steel as well which I use before I start to cook.