2:00 AM rant

[Tektonik]

Back in June I lent my chef's knife to my roommate because he got a new job (prep cook at a new Wolfgang Puck restaurant in La Jolla which has not had its grand opening yet). His knives sucked royally (he still was using the ones he got from culinary school.

I was hesitant because I knew it would likely go through a lot of wear and tear, but he'd lent me money (which I've paid back) when I last moved, so I lent him a favor.

He gave my knife back to me after he bought some overpriced knife suggested by one of his coworkers. The tip was broken and sharpened badly at the tip so that the tip is thick and makes precision cuts hard.

I want him to pay for a sharpening service or to replace the knife (which he probably wouldn't do since that'd be expensive).

The only reason why I'm hesitant is because the knife honestly doesn't look that bad, the rest of the knife was sharpened well, but the tip feels so clumsy, and I have a bad reputation of cutting myself when using dull knives. I hate cooking with bad tools, and I definitely cooked much less when he had my knife.

[XemaSab]

1. What brand of knife and how expensive are we talking?

:shrug:

[Tektonik]

3. Mac Knife MBK 95

175 bucks, but I got it for 120

[XemaSab]

7. Fa-ching!

If it was a 50 dollar knife, I'd say fuggetaboutit.

But yeah, that's some coin there.

[Heidi]

2. I guess I'd chalk that up to a lesson learned.

I would actually lend another person money to buy some things, just to avoid lending them something like my nice kitchen knives or fountain pens.

Sorry this happened to you. x(

[Tektonik]

4. I can easily go fix it myself by having someone sharpen it

But I want him to do it because it sucks getting something back in crappy shape when I lent it to him in good shape.

[Heidi]

5. I understand.

I guess I'd have to weigh the value of the friendship against my attachment to the object. Some stuff simply isn't worth the risk of losing a friendship. Only you can know the risk involved here. x(

[Tektonik]

6. He is a friend only because he's my brother's friend

Also I have to live with him for umm 9 more months, so I don't want to be that much of a dick. I haven't said anything, but I wanted to just hand it back to him right when I first saw it.

[Callalily]

8. There's a strong possibility

that he doesn't know the tip needs servicing. It sounds like he had it sharpened before returning it to you, and most likely he thought the job was well done.

Getting the knife sharpened to your liking if far less expensive than purchasing a new knife. I would just go ahead and get it fixed. The next nine months will be much more pleasant than a spat over the tip of a knife.

[Crazy Dave]

9. I bought my step-daughter a professional set of knives

She was supposed to go to a culinary school but that never happened. Therefore $400 for about three knives and a sharpener down the drain.