I hate you Charles Schultz.
February 24, 2005 5:02 AM   Subscribe

 
Now you all know what to get me for Christmas!
posted by CunningLinguist at 5:12 AM on February 24, 2005


I need to get engaged quick so I can register for this.
posted by herting at 5:14 AM on February 24, 2005


Now that's just mean!
posted by Chunder at 5:38 AM on February 24, 2005


I bet that would keep the complaints to a minimum.
posted by lobstah at 5:43 AM on February 24, 2005


What ever happened to a nice Kiss The Cook apron?
posted by OmieWise at 5:53 AM on February 24, 2005


Ooooo. Stabby. I like it.
posted by Verdant at 6:01 AM on February 24, 2005


If I had a nice house with nice things in it, I would like to own something like that.

Although maybe my definition of "nice" shouldn't include anything which can also be described as "stabby."
posted by uncleozzy at 6:08 AM on February 24, 2005


I think it's really awesome and all, but all those blades poking out look dangerous....

/is currently registered but doesn't think his fiance will let him register for this.
posted by Yellowbeard at 6:24 AM on February 24, 2005


I can't figure out how to buy it, short of going to Italy. Always wanted to go to Italy. . .
posted by rainbaby at 6:32 AM on February 24, 2005


God, that's awesome. Too dangerous to have around the house with two little boys, but really cool.
posted by LairBob at 6:37 AM on February 24, 2005


Too dangerous to have even without kids at home. It's far too easy to skewer your fingers with the sharp tips.

Please children, always keep sharp knives safely.
posted by madman at 6:49 AM on February 24, 2005


Awesome. I would risk injury (to myself) to own that.
posted by LiliaNic at 6:53 AM on February 24, 2005


OMFG!
posted by caddis at 7:25 AM on February 24, 2005


Yikes!

It's all cool and groovy and cutting edge-- but I wouldn't want to look at it every day when I am cooking. All my stabby stuff gets displayed in the bedroom where it belongs!
posted by Secret Life of Gravy at 7:26 AM on February 24, 2005


Oh my....schock art at its finest.
posted by andrewmlin at 7:28 AM on February 24, 2005


Form over function--I love it!
posted by leftcoastbob at 9:28 AM on February 24, 2005


the same company also makes the neatest salad... tossers, ever.
posted by cmyr at 9:49 AM on February 24, 2005


Nice find! I've been exploring their other stuff; I love these brooms.
posted by carter at 9:52 AM on February 24, 2005


It could be more specific.
posted by weapons-grade pandemonium at 9:53 AM on February 24, 2005


Fuckin' rad. Reminds me of Alessi.
posted by Specklet at 10:10 AM on February 24, 2005


I neeeeeeed it!
posted by deborah at 11:05 AM on February 24, 2005


Are you guys serious about this being dangerous? I mean, I'm known for hurting myself in stupid clumsy ways, but I'm completely capable of grasping a knife by the handle and not waving my fingers around the sharp pointy bits. Most kids I know are capable of the same thing. Mr. Stabby guy certainly is a safer way of keeping knives than just throwing them in a drawer. The only reason I can see that would make this a bad thing to have around kids is that it's a lot more tenpting to play with than a butcher block or a magnetic strip (my knife-storage option of choice until I saw this thing--too bad I can't go to Italy).
posted by cilantro at 11:09 AM on February 24, 2005


but I'm completely capable of grasping a knife by the handle and not waving my fingers around the sharp pointy bits

You say this now, but if you keep your knives as sharp as you should you just wait until a tub of flour falls out of a cabinet, knocking this thing to the floor and impaling your foot, or your spouse or pet or kid knocks it off, or hot grease splatters on your hand and you jerk it back into the blades. There are about a million other ways this thing could get you, that's the thing about accidents, you can't forsee the combination of events that's going to end up badly. Still, these are super cool.
posted by TungstenChef at 4:41 PM on February 24, 2005


I've been trying to find a Vice Versa catalog or outlet. I must have one! Not only that, it's the only thing I will ever give as a wedding gift again, unless it's expensive.
posted by gesamtkunstwerk at 6:08 PM on February 24, 2005


You say this now, but if you keep your knives as sharp as you should you just wait until a tub of flour falls out of a cabinet, knocking this thing to the floor and impaling your foot, or your spouse or pet or kid knocks it off, or hot grease splatters on your hand and you jerk it back into the blades.

You guys crack me up. Ooooo the knives are exposed so little Timmy's going to gouge his eyes out! The above listed things could happen with any knife block/rack. Except for the hot grease and jerking thing, and I think anyone who had this would have the block with the back to a counter (like any other knife block) which would make jerking backwards into it pretty much impossible...
posted by Specklet at 9:18 AM on February 25, 2005


Ooooo the knives are exposed so little Timmy's going to gouge his eyes out!

I don't have kids, so I'm not worried about that at all. Call me crazy, but I don't want my chef's knife impaling my hand/thigh/foot. There's no way any of these things could happen with a block that encloses the blades. They aren't going to be able to fall out in a way that can stab you in the space between the counter and the floor. Also, this thing has the weight of 5 knives plus the block behind it, a single knife doesn't have nenarly the penetration power. I don't have the time to type it up, but Alton Brown talks in his book about a friend that had to have serious stitches in his hand because of a combination of inattentiveness, razor sharp kinves, and an exposed blade knife rack.
posted by TungstenChef at 4:50 PM on February 25, 2005


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