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Dave Martell

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So I get in knives with damages all of the time and in many cases I get a note sent along explaining what happened. The explanations make me laugh sometimes and sometimes make me cringe. :D




1. Can you guess what the most common damage explanations that I hear from the home user is?

2. How about from the pro kitchen guys?





Enter an answer and your post # will be your (hopefully lucky) # in a random number generator on 6/26

If by chance someone happens to guess BOTH (that's for home user & pro) of the #1 explanations that person will automatically win, game over, and there will be no random number drawn. :wink:



Prize - Takenoko 8k

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Good luck folks! :spin chair:
 
Home user = the wife/husband used my knife

Pro = another employe used my knife

Edit: BTW I need you to take a look at one of my knives... It has not been the same since my wife used it.
 
1) wife left it in sink
2) coworker knocked it on the floor


edit: above was entered while I was typing...pretty close guesses!
 
Home - dropped the knife

Work - coworker was messing with it and dropped it
 
Home - Opening a can/jar/bottle

Worker - No doubt - co-worker
 
1)Cutting things on steel , granite , glass , kitchen counter etc..
2)Chipped edges

:scratchhead:
 
1. Fell in sink.
2. Loaned it to chef.

I've done both. Thanks Dave!
 
Home user: mumble muble chef's choice mumble mumblePro user: mumble mumble mobile sharpener mumble mumble
 
Home - broke it putting it in the knife block.

Pro - interrupted while cutting and clipped the tip.
 
Home - "I got it professionally sharpened."

Pro - "I got it professionally sharpened."
 
home= used as a screwdriver
pro= server uses it to open something
 
Home- Someone put it through the dishwasher

Pro- Another chef used it
 
Home: drawer with other knives

Pro: coworker
 
Home: Separating Frozen Hamburger Patties
Pro: Chipped from hitting other knives in bag
 
Home - "I was trying to open a can of [INSERT ITEM]."

Pro - "I was cutting some frozen [INSERT ITEM]."
 
Home-drop on the floor.
pro-coworker used it.
 
Home: I don't know how it happened!
Pro: I don't know how it happened!
 
I'm with ThEoRy on this one...
at home the wife/ MIL used it on the granite countertop and then put it in the dishwasher.
At work my co-worker/idiot took my knife and tried to pry the drain off of the floor and than put my knife in the dishwasher.
I'm voting against the "dropping it on the floor" defense, because a lot of times that's more than just a broken tip. There's not notta lotta Mr. Martell can do about a knife that's busted in half.
 
Home user: I didn't think an expensive knife like a shun would chip like this...

Pro user: maybe the same?
 
Fun contest!

Home: Boning means ninja chopping at pork bones right?
Pro: it "got dropped / knocked" onto the floor
 
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