Re: Do dishwashers really blunt knives
My take on this:
I have had a 9" Sabatier knife for just over 20 years.
It's been sharpened with a steel whenever it needed it (every few uses) - the steel is now worn out, but the knife *blade* is fine.
However, the overall structure of the knife is a stainless steel blade & tang. It's an encapsulated tang though - the knife tang and end of the blade is wrapped in an aluminium sheath, and that's then inside the black plastic handle.
Because the encapsulating material is aluminimum, the highly caustic dishwasher tablets have eroded it, which means the blade is now slightly loose in the handle.
Since I realised this was happening, I've stopped putting it in the dishwasher, but the damage is done.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
