I barely use knives, so how the hell do they go dull without use?!

[Deja Q]

:mad:

[redqueen]

1. Entropy?

:P

:shrug:

[skygazer]

2. Lack of stimulation?

After all, people get dull without it. :P

[Deja Q]

5. Don't remind me.

:cry:

[supernova]

3. Are you using them to cut odd things?

[Deja Q]

6. Nope. Haven't cut anything with them. Nary an onion, tomato, or finger,

[bridgit]

4. atrophy?

:shrug:

[ET Awful]

7. I don't know, but I've experienced the same phenomenon, so

I used to pull them out and run them over the steel every once in a while just for the hell of it.

Now, I use my really nice knives regularly, and keep them super sharp as well. . . I love my knives.

[rug]

8. all work no play

[A HERETIC I AM]

9. Do you keep them in a drawer? Or in a block on the counter?

If you keep them in a drawer you open and close a lot the edges could bang against other items in the drawer and get damaged.

Make a sleeve for your chef's knife out of cardboard. Just take some corrugated cardboard and bend it over the dull side, cut it to roughly fit the taper of the knife and tape it together to make a sleeve.

Or buy a knife block from Linens and Things

[SOteric]

15. You can purchase blade guards inexpensively

at most of the better kitchen supply stores, such as Sur La Table.

[leftofthedial]

10. those air molecules are tougher than they look

[hyphenate]

11. That's exactly the point!

If you don't use them, they go dull.

[uppityperson]

12. Pixies

[Metta]

13. Doesn't the blade oxidize if you don't use it?

Also, they'll go dull if you haven't sharpened them in the last, say, year and I mean have someone put the edge back on. Not just run them over a steel.

[hfojvt]

14. have you experienced any

blackouts or fugues?