Portable Kitchen Knifes

[FoxAndDeer]

Does anyone (user or knife makers) ever bring their own kitchen knives with them on holiday?

I hate cooking in other kitchens because most often the knifes suck and are blunt. So I bring my own... Wrapped in some towel type arrangement.

Got me thinking - maybe a pair (large and small) with a neat leather travel leather roll would be just the ticket!

Anyone use something like this?

 

[Stuart Mitchell]

I always take a kitchen knife on a UK holiday.

 

[FoxAndDeer]

I always take a kitchen knife on a UK holiday.

Glad it isn't just me! My wife thinks I'm daft every time I do it

 

[Stuart Mitchell]

Glad it isn't just me! My wife thinks I'm daft every time I do it

No, not just you.

I have customers who take their own steak knives to restaurants if it makes you feel any better?

 

[sy247]

Got pulled in for a search at the port of Dover this year and was asked if we had any weapons, knives, drugs etc.

I had a Victorinox fixed blade knife with a 4" blade in a leather sheath in a zipped pocket in the lid of a holdall in the boot. We also had a much larger chefs knife that had been cling filmed to a chopping board in a shopping bag in the boot.

Our explanation was accepted and we were allowed to continue on our way and board the ferry without any problem.

 

[Rake Aboot]

Got pulled in for a search at the port of Dover this year and was asked if we had any weapons, knives, drugs etc.

I had a Victorinox fixed blade knife with a 4" blade in a leather sheath in a zipped pocket in the lid of a holdall in the boot. We also had a much larger chefs knife that had been cling filmed to a chopping board in a shopping bag in the boot.

Our explanation was accepted and we were allowed to continue on our way and board the ferry without any problem.

You can take knives on the ferry anyway.

 

[Jagged77]

Yes I take knives abroad on holiday. We’ve tended to have Villa holidays and have very young kids so eating out in the evening is not ideal, hence wanting a decent knife for food prep.

I usually take a large folder like a Spyderco military and then a large fixed with sheath. Never ever had issues checking these into hold luggage.

I’ve actually got a knife roll arriving today (Amazon special), will see what it’s like and maybe a possibility for using on holiday.

 

[nic531]

Yes I take knives with me either when camping or in the motorhome. Other places, it depends on what I was doing. Chefs often carry theirs in a knife equivalent of a tool roll, my brothers used to carry about 15 blades.
I get stopped almost every time on the motorbike and questioned about knives.... highly amusing when a security guard threatened to seize and dispose of, a lock knife from my mate as it was 'illegal'. he backed down when informed that as soon as he touched it he would be arrested for attempted theft by my mate ( a still serving copper), as the guard had no power to 'seize' and there was good reason for carrying so no offence.

 

[WalkedUp]

You need a Chef’s roll, I fish and stalk when I go away so always take proper knives as an AirBnB cottage will only ever have tinfoil blades. This is a cheap one, but you can get nice leather ones if you have some money:

 

[Len the dog]

we usually holiday in rented properties abroad and always find the kitchen equipment to be far from good enough. As we take the car through the Chunnel and usually stay for four weeks, we practically take half our kitchen with us. This will include an assortment of knives, chopping boards, garlic press, tea towels, large paella pan (for shellfish platters on the BBQ) and any number of other things that we don’t want to buy when we find ourselves disappointed by what the owner thinks is adequate.
The majority of our knives were originally brought back from various trips to Barcelona, there is an excellent knife shop close to the rear entrance of La Boqueria market that sells their own knives and scissors.
The whole lot goes in a large clear plastic box with the knives rolled up in tea towels.

 

[Cyres]

I always take a couple of knives with a thin plastic IKEA Cutting mat.
D

 

[Bavarianbrit]

Got pulled in for a search at the port of Dover this year and was asked if we had any weapons, knives, drugs etc.

I had a Victorinox fixed blade knife with a 4" blade in a leather sheath in a zipped pocket in the lid of a holdall in the boot. We also had a much larger chefs knife that had been cling filmed to a chopping board in a shopping bag in the boot.

Our explanation was accepted and we were allowed to continue on our way and board the ferry without any problem.

Over 10 years ago maybe nearer to 15 I got stopped going through Dover to France same question, yes say I 110 guns all papered up for export from the UK I am the courier taking them to Germany all legal, 15 minutes later the AR mob from the tunnel rocked up all adrenalized but they left after 15 minutes and forced me and a Dover Harbour Board sergeant to check all the serial number against the list, all were OK but it took 4 hours, the captain of the ship was not bothered at all.

 

[carlisleredneck]

Opinel do some nice travel knife sets. I have the picnic set and it is good quality and not too pricy. Depends on what you want to do though.

https://www.snowleader.co.uk/en/kit-cuisine-nomade-OPIN00059.html?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQiAst67BhCEARIsAKKdWOlS1L78zWOcQPcizXvkUTHENduAm9Uv3SaV0MMGTURBx8vtNq3rio8aAvkjEALw_wcB

 

[Stuart Mitchell]

Opinel do some nice travel knife sets. I have the picnic set and it is good quality and not too pricy. Depends on what you want to do though.

https://www.snowleader.co.uk/en/kit-cuisine-nomade-OPIN00059.html?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQiAst67BhCEARIsAKKdWOlS1L78zWOcQPcizXvkUTHENduAm9Uv3SaV0MMGTURBx8vtNq3rio8aAvkjEALw_wcB

What a nice thing that is

 

[Trickyd66]

I often take a couple of kitchen knives, or a minimum of a lansky blade medic to put an edge on whatever is there.

 

[nun_hunter]

I try and remember to take a Lansky C-Sharp and GuardSharp and sharpen what's there.

 

[Longstrider]

I'll happily admit to being a bit 'anal' when it comes to knife edges (as my customers will confirm). Lady Longstrider and I usually holiday in rented properties in the UK and I always take at least 2, (usually 4) of our own kitchen knives with us so I have something SHARP to use when doing food prep. We always take a plastic cutting board or two as well in case those supplied are those god-awful glass things (which result in terribly blunt knives) The supplied knives are invariably utterly rubbish and as dull as hell. I always have my hones with me too, but rarely touch the 'in house' assortment of blades in case some silly xyz follows us into the place and loses a digit.

A piece of corrugated cardboard from a box, rolled a few times around the blade with a bit of masking tape to hold it in place makes for a wonderfully effective, disposable, and safe sheath for transport.

I have been known to ask for a 'decent' steak knife whilst eating out on many occasions. I once had to ask 3 times and was either ignored or forgotten, to I simply used my own Buck 110 and wiped it clean on their tablecloth when done That was sharp !

 

[VSS]

I simply used my own Buck 110 and wiped it clean on their tablecloth when done

So glad to find I'm not the only one!

(Although the 22 stitches currently holding my hand together have given me a new-found respect for the Buck 110).

 

[Len the dog]

So glad to find I'm not the only one!

(Although the 22 stitches currently holding my hand together have given me a new-found respect for the Buck 110).

I once spent a couple of hours in A&E on a New Year’s Eve from shucking oysters, now have a nice scar ringing the end of my pinkie.