To take my old kitchen knives to the cops?

[TheQueef]

Cleared out the draw of failed utensils and have now 14 knives all sharp, various sizes.
I checked Google and as far as I can find you wrap the blade in cardboard etc and throw it in general waste, ours goes to landfill.
I don't like the idea of that at all firstly they could accidentally hurt someone, second they could be discovered by kids, thirdly resurface in ten years with my DNA all over them looking like a knife fetishist.
So.
I want to take them to the police station, put them in the amnesty bucket or summat.

My Ddad and DS think I'm being melodramatic and over thinking it. Plus there isn't a knife amnesty so won't be a bucket

AIBU and getting carried away?

How are people throwing out knives? Some of mine are 30+ years old - what criteria are you using to determine they are no good?

How are people throwing out knives? Some of mine are 30+ years old - what criteria are you using to determine they are no good?

Blunt, chipped blade, loose handle

For me a knife that is not good would (and does/has) include
Tip bent beyond hammering back.
Blade damaged and notched through misuse (looking at you dp who should have used a chisel)
Rivers lost from handle (after many decades of daily use) - handle loose and skippy. Not easlily mended.
Handle broken through age - I don’t live anywhere near carpenter etc who could fashion new handle for blade. wooden and plastic handles.

I then have category which could be reused - I am left handed and some knives are very much not. These tend to be passed to siblings/friends where possible.

Blunt, chipped blade, loose handle

Then get a whet stone. and buy some Araldite.

@TheQueef I have thrown some of my short paring knives in the normal bin but, like you, didn't like to with the big ones. So thank you for creating this thread as I've found out lots that I didn't know!

Then get a whet stone. and buy some Araldite

Or chuck and buy again. Much easier, sets come cheap, last a couple years, im happy. But im also not a big cook, its a chore.
Plus, I cut myself a lot normally, sharpening a blade is just asking for stitches

Or chuck and buy again. Much easier, sets come cheap, last a couple years, im happy. But im also not a big cook, its a chore.
Plus, I cut myself a lot normally, sharpening a blade is just asking for stitches

FFS! How cheap are these knives you buy that only last a couple of years and don't cook that often? What are they made from? Aluminium? Marzipan? A couple of years! What?!

I cook for five, from scratch, most days of the week. I have knives In my kitchen that I've had for at least 30 years (and most were second-hand then) and a couple of really nice meat cleavers that I suspect are Victorian. Over 120 years old.

No wonder the environment is going to hell in a handcart with that kind of "meh, so what" attitude.

Sharpening a knife should be no less risky than using one as far as cutting yourself is concerned - unless you are doing it REALLY wrong.

(Which wouldn't surprise me.)

Oh Jesus don’t blunt them before going to the tip. If they’re still sharp just give them to tip staff, they resell decent stuff.

Buy once, buy well

No wonder the environment is going to hell in a handcart with that kind of "meh, so what" attitude.

This - I can't believe some of the comments on this thread!

Actually those I need to regime right now are as the result of death of father then mother each of whom had several knives. I have my own. I don’t now need the 17 or so knives I have. Some can be regimes. Others need to be dealt with.
I have a whetstone for my own knives. In fact a knife sharpener plus leather strop.

Re-homed not ‘regimed’. Mn spell check has gone crazy recently !

But you have committed a terrible crime according to some threads on here, you wrote draw instead of drawer

FFS! How cheap are these knives you buy that only last a couple of years and don't cook that often? What are they made from? Aluminium? Marzipan? A couple of years! What?!
I cook for five, from scratch, most days of the week. I have knives In my kitchen that I've had for at least 30 years (and most were secondhand then) and a couple of really nice meat cleavers that suspect are Victorian. Over 120 years old.
No wonder the environment is going to hell in a handcart with that kind of "meh, so what" attitude.
Sharpening a knife should be no less risky than using one as far as cutting yourself is concerned - unless you are doing it REALLY wrong.
(Which wouldn't surprise me.)

www.kmart.com.au/product/6-piece-wood-look-knife-block/2835307 cheap
I dont cook from scratch, cooking is a chore i hate, i wouldnt want to spend a huge chunck of cash to buy something i dont use often.
Dont know what they made from, i dont look, nor care.
Cheap knives do the job i need well enough and i can replace as needed without a huge hit to hip pocket. Cooking just dont mean so much that i will buy best of best, its just not needed to me. Id rather save cash for stuff i like and want
The only kitchen tool i have over 10 years old is my electric can opener.

Naww cute dig but i know and accept im clumsy, shit happens. So i will avoid sharpening. Plus quite honestly, i cant be ass'ed sharpening when i can replace a lot easier
Oh yawn, add knives to the list of things i do thats supposedly some huge environmental crime.

We're all fucking doomed.

Cannot BELIEVE there are people who bin knives rather than sharpening them.

I agree with you. There are knife amnesty bins near us that you can put them in to. Much safer than a skip or bin.

We're all fucking doomed.

Ahh yes, doomed i tellz you, doomed.......

Cannot BELIEVE there are people who bin knives rather than sharpening them.
Im shocked people do. I dont know anyone doing it IRL for basic kitchen knives
I do see people buying knew knife blocks from the shops though

I’d also not be too surprised to see knives stabbed in to the garden! Whenever we have a stabbing here the police search front and back gardens of any houses in the area to look for drop off points. They put the knife in a bush and someone else picks it up later, it’s so they don’t have to risk carrying one but know where one is available.

There are pictures on the local police twitter of stashes found all the time, and telling people to look out for them in bushes and report etc. Perhaps report yourself and the police will do the driving for you!

By “they” I mean the gang kids, not the police obvs.

@DontDribbleOnTheCarpet try typing Japanese knife or go to amazon or wish.com and type in butterfly knife. I guarantee you can buy knives on these sites.