LeaP
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Location: Los Angeles, CA where 405 meets 101
Jun 26, 2014 23:17:22 GMT
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Post by LeaP on May 27, 2015 6:04:57 GMT
Wow! Talk about things that were never on my radar. In our house "good" knives are hand washed, butter knives go in any which way and "bad" knives go in point down.
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Post by scrappysurfer on May 27, 2015 6:40:07 GMT
The utensil holder in our dishwasher has a piece that folds down with slots just for knives; I wish they all did...not only is it safer but the blades don't come in contact with the other utensils. If our dish washer didn't have that feature I would still put them blade down. Mine does too, plus the utensil holder is on its side in the door. But all my good knives are hand wash only, putting them in the dishwasher dulls and chips the blades.
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Post by gar on May 27, 2015 7:16:23 GMT
The few sharp (cheap) knives that do go in the dishwasher go point down - I have a feeling I have heard that story somewhere before so maybe that's why.
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Post by AussieMeg on May 27, 2015 7:22:13 GMT
Knives down Though I do put forks up because they were spooning and not getting cleaned when they were down. Same here. I started putting my knives blade down after I read about a woman who slipped and got stabbed in the eye. My forks go tines-up for the same erason mentioned above, and my spoons go spoon-up because I can't fit as many in if they are handle-up. If you think about it, fork tines could still do some damage if you fell on them hard enough so they should probably go tines down too.
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iluvpink
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Location: Michigan
Jul 13, 2014 12:40:31 GMT
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Post by iluvpink on May 27, 2015 9:41:52 GMT
All knives and forks face down. I read something like that years ago and made that decision. My dd is about the clumsiest person around, I don't need to be worrying about her falling on a knife that's in the dishwasher!
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~Susan~
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You need to check your boobs, mine tried to kill me!!!
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Jul 6, 2014 17:25:32 GMT
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Post by ~Susan~ on May 27, 2015 15:09:21 GMT
In my old dishwasher, all knives were placed blade down. In my new dishwasher, they are on a 3rd shelf and are placed crossways.
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Post by leannec on May 27, 2015 15:56:16 GMT
Regular table knives only fit into the rack facing down ... I lay my chefs knife and other knives (like bread) on the top rack ... yes, I know I should probably wash them by hand but I'm too lazy
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Post by gonewalkabout on May 27, 2015 16:20:33 GMT
Oh poor woman! That is awful! All knives are blade down in our dishwasher - both butter and steak knives. All others are hand wash only. Butter knives can go through you too, in a similar incident. Dh puts them blade up but I change them if I catch it.
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Post by bianca42 on May 27, 2015 16:25:22 GMT
All of our knives are point down. And as of today, all of our forks will also be point down. I'm terrified of impalement and I can't believe that I've never thought of the danger of forks before. Of course, after reading this I won't be able to function if they are pointy side up.
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likescarrots
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Aug 16, 2014 17:52:53 GMT
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Post by likescarrots on May 27, 2015 17:26:30 GMT
I don't put knives (except butter knives) in the dishwasher.
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Post by LavenderLayoutLady on May 27, 2015 17:30:57 GMT
Knives down, just because I'm clumsy and cut myself repeatedly when they were blades up and I couldn't take it any longer.
That poor woman though. What an odd way to go.
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Post by anxiousmom on May 27, 2015 17:34:09 GMT
Currently, knives go in separately. Huh, you say? The dishwasher is broken and very far down on the list of things to get fixed. Therefore it all gets hand washed, and the only thing I do is make sure they don't end up at the bottom of sink, hiding behind the bubbles, waiting for me to swoosh around the bottom to make sure I got everything and cut my fingers off.
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