"MaryL" -OUT-THE-LITTER> wrote in message
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> "Andy" > wrote in message
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>> "Steve B" > wrote:
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>>> After much recent discussions, I think I will make my drawer in the
>>> following manner. So that each is parallel to the other with the
>>> blade facing downward. Slots to separate each blade by about an inch
>>> or less depending on the blade. This, however may not be a good idea
>>> for future change or expansion. Cleavers, unusually large knives
>>> (like cheese knives) and steels may have to have a separate drawer.
>>>
>>> Ideas? Sites?
>>>
>>> Steve
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>> I never had a knife block.
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>> What I'd design is a knife block similar to most only the knives would
>> rest on their backs with the blades pointing up so they wouldn't have to
>> rest on the wood, to dull.
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>> Andy
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> I have a Henckels wood block, with knives stored on their sides. If I had
> a block where knives had to be stored vertically, I would store them on
> their backs (as you suggest), but storing them on their sides also avoids
> dulling the blades.
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> MaryL
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I have one of these:
http://www.leevalley.com/garden/page...=2,40733,40738

Graham