The Tourist
Banned
As many of you know, I ride a motorcycle. Not a big touring bike, but a more slender cruiser called a Harley-Davidson Dyna-Glide. Space on board is limited.
Without ever giving this much thought, I've always chosen a knife that in a pinch could be used for eating--and I sharpen them in that fashion.
(For example, I used to carry a Buck 110 quite a bit. That's a heavy folding knife that's suitable for hunting. I put a polished edge on it for cutting steak at restaurants.)
Here's the purpose of the thread. I have now been carrying a Japanese picnic knife with me when my little extended family dines out on Friday night. I don't even think about it. If we're going out, I grab my wallet and the little steak knife.
If I'm going to the Harley shop on Saturday morning for free hot dogs, I take a little Graham 'Stubby' (again, designed as a smaller outdoor knife which can spread butter) for convenience.
In fact, I even have a slang expression for using a knife in this fashion for the first time. I call it "mayonnaising."
But clearly, I'm not a 'foodie.' My goal with food is 'consumption,' not 'creation.' However, more and more I'm finding ways for my private comfort in restaurants. More and more I'm I growing unhappy with expensive food and poor flatware. More and more I'm finding that if I don't take action, no one will.
A fine restaurant might spend tens of thousands of dollars on linen, crystal, and mood lighting--then saddle me with a twisted fork and a dull serrated knife.
So, you might find it odd, but here's the mindset. I grab my leather jacket, my gloves, slip into my favorite riding boots, make sure I have a gas debit card, tell the wife when I'll be back and then ask myself if I'm going to eat.
Then I grab a "man's knife" that can also butter bread...
Without ever giving this much thought, I've always chosen a knife that in a pinch could be used for eating--and I sharpen them in that fashion.
(For example, I used to carry a Buck 110 quite a bit. That's a heavy folding knife that's suitable for hunting. I put a polished edge on it for cutting steak at restaurants.)
Here's the purpose of the thread. I have now been carrying a Japanese picnic knife with me when my little extended family dines out on Friday night. I don't even think about it. If we're going out, I grab my wallet and the little steak knife.
If I'm going to the Harley shop on Saturday morning for free hot dogs, I take a little Graham 'Stubby' (again, designed as a smaller outdoor knife which can spread butter) for convenience.
In fact, I even have a slang expression for using a knife in this fashion for the first time. I call it "mayonnaising."
But clearly, I'm not a 'foodie.' My goal with food is 'consumption,' not 'creation.' However, more and more I'm finding ways for my private comfort in restaurants. More and more I'm I growing unhappy with expensive food and poor flatware. More and more I'm finding that if I don't take action, no one will.
A fine restaurant might spend tens of thousands of dollars on linen, crystal, and mood lighting--then saddle me with a twisted fork and a dull serrated knife.
So, you might find it odd, but here's the mindset. I grab my leather jacket, my gloves, slip into my favorite riding boots, make sure I have a gas debit card, tell the wife when I'll be back and then ask myself if I'm going to eat.
Then I grab a "man's knife" that can also butter bread...