blake wrote on Tue, 17 Mar 2009 16:47:26 GMT:

>> Kathleen wrote on Mon, 16 Mar 2009 09:32:11 -0500:
>>
>>>> At least I think it is.
>>>> http://www.bornrich.org/entry/diamon...a-masterpiece/
>>>> --
>>>>
>>>> modom
>>
>>> My best blade is an inherited paring knife, a wicked piece
>>> of inexplicably sharp carbon steel that makes reaching into
>>> the knife drawer in the dark an adventure akin to bobbing
>>> for apples in a piranha tank. It doesn't need to sparkle.
>>
>> A "knife drawer" seems a horrible place to keep good knives.
>> How often do you have to sharpen the paring knife?

> you just need a knife guard:

> <http://www.instawares.com/knife-guar...02.0.7.htm?LID
> =GGLE&ci_src=14110944&ci_sku=FDI-9900002>

> cheap (2-3 bucks), effective, and you should be able to find
> various sizes in any hardware store.

To tell the truth., I use *two* knife blocks. In one the blades lie flat
and, in the other, I am careful to put the knives in edge uppermost.

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James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

Email, with obvious alterations: not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not