# Cutlery set

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cutlery-set/487245>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [February 24, 2009, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cutlery-set/487245 "2009-02-24T18:50:30Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2009, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cutlery-set/487245/21 "2009-02-25T00:25:50Z")

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> [@Cervaise](#):
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> The implied suggestion that one’s knife should be stored in a wooden block. This is not ideal because part or all of the cutting edge will usually rest against the block. If you’re serious about your knives, you use a magnetic strip, or hang them vertically in a slot, like alongside the butcherblock top of a kitchen island.

Easy solution: Do as I do and store the knives upside down in the block. Zero contact, so they stay sharp much longer.

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**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2009, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cutlery-set/487245/22 "2009-02-25T00:28:24Z")

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My block holds the knives horizontally.

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**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2009, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cutlery-set/487245/23 "2009-02-25T00:36:14Z")

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> [@Johnny\_L.A](#):
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> My block holds the knives horizontally.

Flip it on its side.

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