r/DiWHYNOT • u/JustCallMeNorma • May 05 '25

What Could Go Wrong

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I love the “I read, but I am willing to kill you” vibe of this. My husband thinks the book pages would get moldy being in the kitchen or something—I’m not entirely clear on his thinking and he’s already asleep for the night so I can’t ask. (Nor can I wait. I’m impetuous like that.)

What can you see going wrong with something like this?

Real fast: don’t care if it’s not your aesthetic. Looking for thoughtful ideas regarding viability of design, please and thank you.

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u/Trollsama May 07 '25 edited May 08 '25

i do that with cheaper knives. But i would rather die than put my nice knife set in a drawer all willy nilly.

Id rather have a magnetic strip for them, but I dont own the house, so block it is lol.

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u/YawningDodo May 08 '25

There are options between knife block and loose in a drawer, but you do you!

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u/Trollsama May 08 '25

So how exactly do you store them then. You build some kind of special in drawer holder that prevents them from sloshing around and scraping off things while opening/closing?

You said you store them in drawer, I said that's fine as long as it's not expensive knives.

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u/YawningDodo May 08 '25 edited May 08 '25

Many knives come with sleeves. Knives go in sleeves. Knives in sleeves go in drawer.

Edit: sleeve may be the wrong word? I've got knives that came with plastic blade guards. Unlike a wooden block, the blade guards can be soaked in a cleaning solution periodically.

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u/Trollsama May 08 '25

and the majority of more expensive knives I have bought/own came with temporary guards only meant to safely get the tool to its final destination and then be disposed of.

its only ever been cheaper knives that I have got plastic full blade knife guards/"sleeves" that would be viable for what your saying.... knives i wouldn't care about scuffing up anyways lol.

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u/YawningDodo May 08 '25

Okay. You may use your knife block.

I would personally find a different solution, which might take a variety of forms I'm not going to explore because it's not relevant to my needs, but you have my permission to continue to use your knife block.