Thread: My Kitchen Cutlery

Your storage is nicely done.

Originally Posted by netsurfr

Your storage is nicely done.

Thanks Netsurfr!

Great cutlery and
WOW storage ideas.

That's awesome and give me a slight "Lost in the wild" feeling, except with out the ending . I'll have to show my wife the pictures when she wakes. Thanks for sharing.

And then the handle slips out of your hands, the door swings open and the baby crawling just in front of you (or Mr Toes if you don't have toddlers) is impaled by a dozen knives.

I don't think my wife would go for this idea.
The knives might stick to it because they weight less, but have you ever tested if hose cleavers keep hanging if that door swings open?

I don't mean to criticise. It is just that this was the first thing I thought of when I saw your solution. With a 3 year old and a 9 month year old, we always think about the location of sharp things.

Originally Posted by Bruno

And then the handle slips out of your hands, the door swings open and the baby crawling just in front of you (or Mr Toes if you don't have toddlers) is impaled by a dozen knives.

I don't think my wife would go for this idea.
The knives might stick to it because they weight less, but have you ever tested if hose cleavers keep hanging if that door swings open?

I don't mean to criticise. It is just that this was the first thing I thought of when I saw your solution. With a 3 year old and a 9 month year old, we always think about the location of sharp things.

This is one of the design criteria. Although we have no kids, we often have kids visiting. The knives are not on a door. They are on strong magnetic strips that are mounted to a board that is hinged to the overhead in my kitchen area. This is a picture of the board stowed:


This board hangs seven feet above the floor when stowed and it is at the back of a four foot wide counter when lowered. A child would have to be very resourcful and determined to get to my good cutlery.

Sorry I meant: if the board slipped out of your hand when almost locked and then swung down, would the cleavers stay attached to the magnetic strip or not?

Originally Posted by Bruno

Sorry I meant: if the board slipped out of your hand when almost locked and then swung down, would the cleavers stay attached to the magnetic strip or not?

If that board were to drop it would likely smash thru the window behind it. I would think at that point the cleavers, the ten inchers, the scissors and the big breaker (white handled steak knife) would fall from the magnets and either go out the window or land on the counter. The subsequent hail of very sharp steel and glass would likely cut me to ribbons. Wait, I think I'll go give it a try right now.

thats a really beautiful kitchen. so higglety pigglety, its like an old italian womans kitchen (in a good way)

ciao chaps,
MisterDavid