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)




"Owen Lawrence" 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 -

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" wrote in message
...
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.

--
______________________________
Keep the whole world singing . . . .
DanG (remove the sevens)




"Owen Lawrence" wrote in message
...
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