Knife blocks. Tell me to woman up

[beluga425]

We need new knives as I do loads of cooking and we have a rag tag selection of broken and cheap bendy ones.
I've been on Amazon looking at knives and knife blocks.
I can't get beyond thinking of murder mystery and horror films where a character notices a knife is missing from the knife block.
I am being very silly aren't I?

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www.clutterfreekitchens.co.uk/blum-orga-line-knife-holder/?gclid=CMqBtanx984CFUlmGwodgEYP_Q

Or

www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B01CW1WPRK/ref=mp_s_a_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1473147450&sr=8-4&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_QL65&keywords=in%20drawer%20knife%20block&dpPl=1&dpID=41WTT0YDozL&ref=plSrch&tag=mumsnet&ascsubtag=mnforum-21

There are a few different sized ones on Amazon

The first link has some other great storage solutions. Been looking for a spice rack to go inside a door. Expensive thread

[beluga425]

Link please

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Inspired by this thread, I've discovered that there is such a thing as an in-drawer knife block that has slots for knives. Who knew!

I have measured the sections in my drawer and will be ordering one. Thanks OP.

[GinIsIn]

Errr, if you are or are living with a person who is likely to grab a knife in anger, I'd say a knife block is the least of your worries!!

[lovelyredshoes]

If nothing else, this thread has reassured me that I'm not the only one who is totally paranoid about having knives on display. I'm feeling almost normal

[swissy56]

[beluga425]

Thank you for your replies everyone.
Last night i watched "The Night Of..." whilst reading the thread. I'm now on Amazon looking for a nice set of small knives that will fit in my drawer.

[YesAnastasia]

I have a phobia of blood so knives make me squeamish. I know exactly where all my (3) sharp knives are at all times. (they're high up on a shelf in an ikea bucket hung on those cute kitchen hooks they have. Blade down!)

PIL moan when they come because they're crap but I don't care.

Knife blocks have always unnerved me, the slicing in of the knife would make me shiver every time. (and the sound...)

[AVY1]

I don't even like having knives in the house. I make do with two small veggie knives!

[Rrross1ges]

If they've broken in to kill me I think they'll have brought their own weapon

Borrowing a knife really would add insult to injury.

[InformalRoman]

"My granny used to say that knives on display are too easy to grab in anger".

Who on earth are you living with?

[UnderslungBowlingBall]

We do have one and I'm not keen on it, especially as the knives we frequently use are never in it.

[fourquenelles]

I like ceramic knives so a magnetic strip wouldn't do it for me (misses point of thread).

[Batteriesallgone]

I'm a bit scared at how many people seem to think someone might be angry enough to grab a knife without thinking someone incapable of controlling their anger to that extent is always a danger I would have thought. I would be removing them from my life, not the knife block.

[Aworldofmyown]

We have something like this:

knives

I don't like knife blocks!!

[WhooooAmI24601]

I don't like seeing knives on display. No idea why, it would just bother me.

DH's friend from Uni is a very good chef who worked at Raymond Blanc's Manoir for a long time when he was younger and when we visit there's loads of super-fancy knives on a great big magnet thing across the counter. Terrifies me. But he makes awesome food, so swings and roundabouts.

[MyDressIsInferiorBlue]

I also think its dangerous and midsommer murders like to have knives on display. Mine came with plastic covers for the blades and live in the drawer.

[Batteriesallgone]

Isn't the reason to have blades pointing down the weight of the handle? Blade pointing up aren't you worried about a less-used knife gradually slipping down and then clanging off and bouncing on your surfaces while cooking? That would be my fear

[Rockpebblestone]

Our knives are either draining on the draining board or in the knife drawer. Both are pretty good booby traps for a burglar or indeed any unsuspecting person! The clattering would wake the whole house if nothing else. But then no one is allowed in our kitchen to cook apart from us and we know to exercise caution when approaching these two areas of storage. Btw I never even attempted to child proof my kitchen. My DC were only allowed in under close supervision when small - we employed some pretty impenetrable child gates to this purpose.

[tinyterrors]

I used to keep mine in a childproof drawer until ds managed to defeat the child lock and pulled out my big carving knife.

Now my knives are on the wall on magnetic strip (blade pointing up) from Amazon. It's nice and neat and easy to clean and has the added bonus of keeping the knives sharp longer as they're not bouncing about in the drawer.

[ChickyDuck]

Magnetic strip, about head height in the wall, over a work top, pointy ends up. That way they are out of the reach of small hands and pretty much no way to accidentally spear yourself. Drawers are bad for properly sharp knives, being all rattled around blunts them quicker and can even chip them!

[Waxlyrically]

I cut myself recently due to our knife block. It is one of those filled with plastic strands so no set spaces. I put a smaller knife in with a wet hand, my hand slipped and I took a chunk out of a finger with the adjacent knife a huge meat chopper thing that was standing proud of the block slightly. They are horrible things!

[redshoeblueshoe]

Jane - I watched the same programme
Shallishanti
I wouldn't have a knife block. Knives in a drawer. I often have my back door open and I wouldn't like someone wandering in, hearing me then picking up a knife.
I also agree with the anger comments.

[GETTINGLIKEMYMOTHER]

YANBU. I hate those murderous-looking big knives people keep in blocks. How many do ordinary home cooks ever need or use? I cook virtually everything from scratch, always have done, and I've never needed knives like that - I have a couple of good smaller knives I've had for years, that I keep in a drawer, and they're good for just about everything. OK, I don't bone turkeys but for cutting up raw meat I usually find my good kitchen scissors do the job perfectly well.

[FayKorgasm]

My granny used to say that knives on display are too easy to grab in anger. It's always stayed with me so all knives are in sheaths in a drawer even though dh nor I has ever been angry enough to even contemplate getting a knife.