Dishwasherproof mora?!

[Mike Benis]

I'm sick of modern kitchen knives. The only one's I use are som old Sardinian Patada folders which are now falling to bits and a very old bone-handled Sheffield carving knife.

So I was thinking of getting a plastic-handled Frosts Mora for kitchen work.

Anyone got any experience of how happy they are in a dishwasher in terms of carbon or stainless, hard plastic or rubber clipper?

I know it's a fairly daft question, but then I'm a fairly daft person.....

Humour me. Please...

Cheers

Mike

 

[Shinken]

Frosts do a range of plastic handled kitchen knives!

 

[fishy1]

Stainless shuld be fine in a dishwasher, and the handles of the plastic/rubber ones would be fine. Wood might not be so good.

Carbon steel would probably better stay out the dishwasher.

 

[spamel]

In my experience, putting a kitchen knife in a dishwasher ruins the edge so you spend more time maintaining it. Don't forget the edge is a lot more finer than a scandi ground bushcraft type knife. You've got all sorts of gunk and salt flying around ina dishwasher. best to just clean your sharp steel in the sink and let the dishwasher do the rest, so long as you don't feel guilty about your carbon footprint, etc!

 

[Mike Benis]

Thanks for the replies.

The diswasherproofness (is that a word?) is not due to my own preference. The reason why the Patadas are fubard is because of nearest and dearest leaving them lying around in the sink etc. and all my usual knives are kept well out of their reach. I wanted something I could just leave in the kitchen and not worry about it being left soaking opr shoved in the ishwasher after someone else had used it.

Sounds like SS is the way to go for this. Gladf to hear the soft rubber is as likely to hold up as the hard plastic.

Cheers

Mike

 

[Toddy]

Kitchen Devils and they are easily sharpened by using them to scrape the gunk off the pizza stone

cheers,
Toddy

 

[bikething]

The reason why the Patadas are fubard is because of nearest and dearest leaving them lying around in the sink etc.

repeat after me...

"I will not leave knives lying in the sink...."

If I had a pound for evey time my mum cut her hands sticking them into a sink full of dirty dishes I'd be a rich man

My own habit is that once a knife is finished with, it get's washed right away, dried, and put up on the magnetic knife rack, safely out of the way.... even moreso now I have an inquisitive cat climbing all over the place

 

[brancho]

I'm with bikething on this do not leave knives in the sink it is dagerous my son banned us from doing it when he was 10 and cut himself.

 

[Mike Benis]

Quite right too. That's why I've kept real knives out of their reach - though an unreal knife can also do plenty of damage.

Anyway, they stuff everything in the dishwahser now. If the dog was somewhat smaller, they'd have popped him in there too.

Only kitchen devils I've seen were serrated.....

 

[Toddy]

I only use two serrated knives, one for bread and one for tomatoes, aubergines and the like. All the rest of the KD ones are plain edged.
The littlest one has been in constant use for over ten years....apart from three months buried in one of the compost heaps which appeared to cause no harm to it

Thing is that though they are bullet proof reliable, and excellent to use, they aren't a fancy *name* or very expensive so the brand conscious and their ilk who will only use Sabatier or Japanese or the like overlook their value.
I'm a housewife, I want good quality practical kitchen tools that won't bust a budget if I lose them in the compost heaps when I throw them in with the tattie peelings, or find them lying in the sink in a pot left to soak ovenight to loosen himself's oven roasted something or other
They are excellent as camp cooking knives for those reasons too.

cheers,
Toddy

 

[Mike Benis]

Well here's the result. I took my better half to Ikea and T-K Max yesterday.

God rewarded me in TK max. Some very nice Sheffield kitchen knives there at avery good prices. Wooden handles and dishwasherproof.

Problem solved! (I hate plastic).

They had a very good selection, actually. So if anyone else is fed up with plastic knives which horrible cheap stainless steel blades made in China, you might just find what you;re looking for at T-K!

Cheers

Mike

 

[Jared]

M&S Classic All Purpose Knife

They were posted about on BB a while ago, and they're in the 3for2 offer, so could get them for as low as £3.33.

 

[Matt.S]

I have one of those M&S knives, very good for the money. I'm thinking of getting a Cold Steel Canadian for heavier tasks. The quality is apparently good, and has much more of a drop than the standard bushcrafty knife, keeping knuckles away from the counter-top. £10 you can't go wrong really