Kitchen knives - where do you put them???

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A lot of burglers, rapists etc. don't carry weapons into a home that they invade - they just use the big kitchen knives that we all leave out on the kitchen counter.

I'm wondering if others have thought about this and what they do about it?

I tried putting the knive block in the cabinets, but it didn't fit very well. It seemed to end up returning back to the counter top.

This may seem like a paranoid question ... but I think that I am asking it in the right company. :)
 
Between the third and fourth ribs works rather well.

Seriously, though, I don't worry about it. If a critter gets past the dogs and the alarm, then manages to stumble through the kitchen in the dark without me wandering out of the bedroom with a 12-guage, the he deserves a knife or two.

LawDog
 
I, too,have wondered about the knives left out. I just leave them there and pray before bed. Hopefully an intruder would have made enough noise by the time he got to the kitchen that the knife would be no match for my club and wife backing me up with a gun. If that doesn't take care of him, then my son put a few of his moves on him.

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"Unless the Lord builds the house, they labour in vain that build it:
except the Lord guards the city, the watchman stays awake in vain." (Psalm 127:1)


"Freedom is given to the human conditionally, in the assumption of his constant religious responsibility."
(Alexander Solzhenitzyn)
 
I just lock my bedroom door. All the firearms are with me inside the locked room. If he wants a knife, he's welcome to it. It won't help him get through the door quietly enough to reach us with a blade.
Life does have some risk that's worth taking. Even for the paranoid....not that any of us are...
 
I have a set of speciality knives that come in their own housing designed to either lie flat in a drawer or be hung on the wall.

I have them hanging in the pantry, as the housing isn't a good fit in any of my kitchen cabinet drawers, and the way my kitchen is designed I don't have a place to hang them.

The paring knives go in the utility drawer. If an intruder can find one in all that crap, he's doing better than me... :)

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Beware the man with the S&W .357 Mag.
Chances are he knows how to use it.
 
Most of my big kitchen knives sit out on the counter in the block. I guess I should assume that anyone that has broken into my house is armed with a knife, at least.

[This message has been edited by Tim Burke (edited September 17, 2000).]
 
Mike Irwin wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>I have a set of speciality knives that come in their own housing designed to either lie flat in a drawer or be hung on the wall.[/quote]

That wouldn't happen to be a Cutco set, would it?
I spent a little time selling Cutco stuff to pick up some extra $$. I found out a few amazing things, such as: they make Cold Steel's fixed blade knives. They use Lynn Thompson's designs and the steel he specifies, but Cutco makes them nonetheless.

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Shoot straight & make big holes, regards, Richard at The Shottist's Center
 
<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by 45King:
Mike Irwin wrote: That wouldn't happen to be a Cutco set, would it?
I spent a little time selling Cutco stuff to pick up some extra $$.
[/quote]

I did it too, and only did it long enough to pay off my set. Great product; terrible sales methods.

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My take on this is that my kitchen is a workshop that my wife and I share. In a workshop, I like to have my tools easily at hand. Thus, most of my more used saucepans and kitchen utensils are out where I can reach them. I don't worry much about them being out. If someone has the determination to make it through my deadbolted doors, they're probably going to be at least as prepared as to bring a knife or worse. If not, they probably didn't plan any harm.

Here's the deal: I'm careful, but I have life to lead. A goodly portion of my life includes time spent in the kitchen. It is utterly certain that having my most-used kitchen utensils out where I can reach them will make my day-to-day life easier and more enjoyable. However, it is very, [VERY] very unlikely that someone will choose MY door to attempt to overcome my home defenses, be successful at it, and then come to do me harm in my own home, while UNARMED. I am armed. I do check out odd noises. I sleep well, however.

Even if you do put your knives in a drawer, if our theoretical ill-prepared burglar suddenly decides he REALLY needs a knife, it takes no enormous mental leap to guess where to find the knives. I can walk into any kitchen and usually come upon the knife drawer within two tries.

Best,

L.P.
 
Anybody who's entering my appartment via the kitchen window will have
a problem - my dog is usually fed around noon and hungry in the night.

And my dog appreciates some doggy dessert even if it involves some
work or even hard effort. And German shepherds can be damn hungry. :)
 
I leave them out, I'm just going to make the GOBLIN traipse back into the kitchen to pick one up before I shoot him anyway, right?

Seriously, though, your security should be such that no one able to enter the house without some type of alarm alerting you to the breach.

Agreed that it happens, but if I had a dollar for every time I read "..entered through an open window..." or "...until now, nobody around here locks their doors..." I'd prepay my alarm company fee for the rest of my life.

For me, the bottom line is that any incursion into the house results in a very audible alarm. If he hears that and STILL decides he'll toss the kitchen for a weapon, he deserves what he gets. Whether he gets one from the dish rack or a drawer, it'll be the second to the last miscalculation he'll ever make.
 
45King,

Yep, Slutco, er... Cutco.

I love the knives.

Hanging beside them in the pantry is also one wicked cleaver.

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Beware the man with the S&W .357 Mag.
Chances are he knows how to use it.
 
<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by hkg3:
Let them have the knife, I'll just be that much more justified. ;)[/quote]

AGREED
 
I think I'm more concerned about the 8# sledge, the 3# sledge, the hand axe and the full-sized axe. Can't forget the containers of gasoline either.

All of that sitting out in the sheds.
 
heh. Matched carving set in block on counter. Nice matched set of steak knives in drawer. Couple of 'mismatched' tossaways for the goblin to be 'holding' after I cap him...they are cheap throwaways, wouldn't want the LEO's to have to baggie up and cartaway part of my matched sets now would I? ;)
 
Thankfully, this weekend i was able to pick up the new Silverware Drawer Safe(TM). It replaces your original drawer with a 3/8" steel box with sliding drawer. It is designed (verly nicely i might add) to simply fit into the space left by the original drawer, the only work you must do is to cut the slot on both sides (sorta in the drawer jam) to accept the latches. It is guarenteed to require more than 60 minutes to break open with hand tools (if installed by a liscensed professional, $100 on average) and is "child-safe", although, my 4 year old cousin got into it once (but i think it was my fault somehow.) It only cost me $200. But, i'll pay any price to make sure the children are safe.

On the front, it has a keypad which allows you to operate the 9 digit (1 billion possible combinations) lock. The lock is electronic and works on a single 9V battery (life 2-5 years.) You must enter in the 9 digit combination on the first 2 tries otherwise you'll need to wait 15 minutes to carve that turkey, before the lock gives you another chance.

I decided not to get the optional 110dB siren which sounds after 3 consecutive failed attempts to enter in the 9 digits.

Before i picked up this little beauty, i had Blade-Loks (TM) on each one of the steak knives, Scoop-Loks (TM) on the spoons and ice cream scoops, and Safe-Forks (TM) on the forks. (Unfortunately, when i purchased all of those locking devices for my silverware, they didn't have enough of them with the same key, so i have 23 keys hidden in my gun safe, these were handed out to dinner guests as necessary.)

I do feel much safer now that i can be sure my silverware cannot be used for evil purposes and that the neighborhood kids cannot get their hands on the ice cream scoop when i'm at work (i usually let the "rug-rats" in the neighborhood inside my house when i'm not there, it's easier than telling them not to and upsetting their self-esteem.)

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"[Even if there would be] few tears shed if and when the Second Amendment is held to guarantee nothing more than the state National Guard, this would simply show that the Founders were right when they feared that some future generation might wish to abandon liberties that they considered essential, and so sought to protect those liberties in a Bill of Rights. We may tolerate the abridgement of property rights and the elimination of a right to bear arms; but we should not pretend that these are not reductions of rights." -- Justice Scalia 1998
 
Who needs kitchen knifes. Mine is spread out all over the house hidden so. there for i would be more likly to get to my knifes before he finds the paring knife in the kitchen sink that is about the only kitchen knife i use so.. if he wants my 4 inch paring knife i'm not to worried.

DJ.
 
BIG :D at USP45!

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>"Before i picked up this little beauty, i had Blade-Loks (TM) on each one of the steak knives, Scoop-Loks
(TM) on the spoons and ice cream scoops, and Safe-Forks (TM) on the forks. (Unfortunately, when i
purchased all of those locking devices for my silverware, they didn't have enough of them with the same
key, so i have 23 keys hidden in my gun safe, these were handed out to dinner guests as necessary.)"[/quote]
 
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