[Sca-cooks] Possible bargain on knife set for anyone interested...

Sandra Kisner sjk3 at cornell.edu
Tue Nov 20 10:58:54 PST 2007


>They recommend hand washing because of the danger of a dishwaasher heating 
>element distempering the steel in the blade. (Detempering?, Untempering? 
>ah hell Phlip help out here...) :) In reality it Could Happen but usually 
>won't.  I have run mine throught the Hobart but wouldn't put it in my home 
>dishwasher... (Think of what happens during the drying cycle...)
>
>Nichola

I always thought the reason to keep knives out of the dishwasher was to 
avoid dinging the edges (things move around more than you think in there!) 
or drying out the wooden handle.  That, and not slicing yourself when you 
find one in an unexpected place when you're unloading the dishwasher.  :-)

Sandra 




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