Theories on what the cooks did to this poor knife? I’m baffled 😅
Theories on what the cooks did to this poor knife? I’m baffled 😅
by QuestForEveryCatSub
35 Comments
thriftshopmusketeer
Did battle, evidently against an armored foe
An_Actual_Thing
Cut a live wire… Or perhaps a very boney salmon.
ShieldandFriends
Clearly got in a fight with a customer dressed in a full suit of armor… duh
Bobaximus
Mistook the Tin-man’s bussy for a slide-through sharpener?
QuickRevivez
That’s the “you didn’t give me the raise you promised 6 months ago” tap. Or who knows maybe they were prepping swords for lord sauron.
nathan155
Opened a can of tomatoes
effreeti
Definitely the ol’ use a knife as a pry-bar for some ungodly reason trick
woodenmetalman
Opened a coconut?
Ju3tAc00ldugg
the tools of reconstruction lying helplessly on the table.
ohaiguys
Toe knife
Ledroc567
I’ve seen cooks do that to knives chipping ice out of freezers.
Drenger_Willhelm
The commonplace mistreatment of tools, knives especially, is one of the absolute worst qualities of the professional kitchen world. People who don’t know anything about cooking, or even enjoy cooking outside of work make up the majority of line cooks and I hate it.
SmokedBeef
Breaking down bones or popping tops on #10 cans
ClarenceDuffy
Scraped the flat top? Jesus.
funthebunison
Removing the chefs catalytic converter.
w4rlok94
Swashbuckling.
Nowalking
Prying pans out of a steam well
dfinkelstein
Seconding opening cans or chipping ice.
jrod22145
I can’t tell you the amount of time I’ve seen my merry band of idiots (love them dearly) use the back of a knife to poke holes in a can of olive oil with the industrial can opener literally within arms reach!
Aughabar
I walked into the kitchen to find the new guy trying to cut a ball of steel wool into two smaller balls for “easier scrubbing” and the knife was fucked beyond belief so maybe that
PappaWoodies
That’s not a knife … It’s a drumstick!
SavinaDDD
Can Opener
AOP_fiction
Looks like they tried whacking that honing steel you have there.
For real, looks like they opened a can.
Ok_Bit_6169
Cutting through bone
andersaur
Whomever psycho they are, they’re right-handed.
raccafarian
I’ve seen this happed twice, once the dishwasher was trying to help a cook break apart frozen scones. The other was that same cook attempting to breakdown a turkey by sawing through the bones. She put the knife back and pretended it was fine.
Beginning-Cow6041
That’s why I took my knives home after every shift. I watched so many high end knives get fucked by some intern or some POS line cook.
Federal-Alps-2776
They were just prepping the bricks for the new menu item.
ErinSedai
Looks like J Nielson tested it for strength on Forged in Fire. Also looks like it’s about to fail Doug’s sharpness test.
smaughetti
One time one of our knives looked like this and I walked in a few days later to see our new hire (who didn’t last long) absent mindedly banging the blade on the edge of the prep table to the music while he stared at his phone
Miami_Mice2087
beat it on the side of the table bc bored and adhd
Strange-Title-6337
When I was on trial shift at ex michelin restaurant, shefs used to fuck up each other offering me knifes of their colleagues to cut 10 kg of pork. I think I have fucked up one jap knife. not proud
OutlawNagori
Former machinist here, that’s definitely metal on metal damage, it hurts me to see a blade mistreated like that
35 Comments
Did battle, evidently against an armored foe
Cut a live wire… Or perhaps a very boney salmon.
Clearly got in a fight with a customer dressed in a full suit of armor… duh
Mistook the Tin-man’s bussy for a slide-through sharpener?
That’s the “you didn’t give me the raise you promised 6 months ago” tap. Or who knows maybe they were prepping swords for lord sauron.
Opened a can of tomatoes
Definitely the ol’ use a knife as a pry-bar for some ungodly reason trick
Opened a coconut?
the tools of reconstruction lying helplessly on the table.
Toe knife
I’ve seen cooks do that to knives chipping ice out of freezers.
The commonplace mistreatment of tools, knives especially, is one of the absolute worst qualities of the professional kitchen world. People who don’t know anything about cooking, or even enjoy cooking outside of work make up the majority of line cooks and I hate it.
Breaking down bones or popping tops on #10 cans
Scraped the flat top? Jesus.
Removing the chefs catalytic converter.
Swashbuckling.
Prying pans out of a steam well
Seconding opening cans or chipping ice.
I can’t tell you the amount of time I’ve seen my merry band of idiots (love them dearly) use the back of a knife to poke holes in a can of olive oil with the industrial can opener literally within arms reach!
I walked into the kitchen to find the new guy trying to cut a ball of steel wool into two smaller balls for “easier scrubbing” and the knife was fucked beyond belief so maybe that
That’s not a knife … It’s a drumstick!
Can Opener
Looks like they tried whacking that honing steel you have there.
For real, looks like they opened a can.
Cutting through bone
Whomever psycho they are, they’re right-handed.
I’ve seen this happed twice, once the dishwasher was trying to help a cook break apart frozen scones. The other was that same cook attempting to breakdown a turkey by sawing through the bones. She put the knife back and pretended it was fine.
That’s why I took my knives home after every shift. I watched so many high end knives get fucked by some intern or some POS line cook.
They were just prepping the bricks for the new menu item.
Looks like J Nielson tested it for strength on Forged in Fire. Also looks like it’s about to fail Doug’s sharpness test.
One time one of our knives looked like this and I walked in a few days later to see our new hire (who didn’t last long) absent mindedly banging the blade on the edge of the prep table to the music while he stared at his phone
beat it on the side of the table bc bored and adhd
When I was on trial shift at ex michelin restaurant, shefs used to fuck up each other offering me knifes of their colleagues to cut 10 kg of pork. I think I have fucked up one jap knife. not proud
Former machinist here, that’s definitely metal on metal damage, it hurts me to see a blade mistreated like that
Opened a 10 can
This is not a knife, this is a can opener.