The stand for knives with their own hands - different models and types of stands

Knife stand is sure to be found in any kitchen. This device helps to keep the sharp-needed items at hand, but at the same time store them in a completely safe way. It also prevents injury and keeps the cutting edge sharp.

Handmade knife stand made of wood or other materials will be a great accessory for the kitchen.

Modern manufacturers offer a variety of stands. But it is much easier and cheaper to make a useful thing with your own hands. All the more so because simple fixtures don't require complicated tools, higher technical education or experience.

Types of knife racks

In addition to traditional cutlery storage boxes, home cooks use at work:

Magnetic holders.

You'll need a large strip of magnet and fasteners to make them. Such a holder can be attached either to the wall or to a special wooden board. The second option will be more convenient to use.

If it is difficult to buy a magnetic strip, you can use small, but strong enough magnets. Superglue, "Moment" or "Titan" will help to fix them. It will only be necessary to wait for the final drying of the surfaces. For beauty, the base wood is painted or decorated with carvings.

This knife storage ensures that cutting tools are hygienic, rust-free, and the entire fixture is versatile, as it will help place any metal object on its surface. The stand will not take up space at all, so it will be a great option for a small room.

Shelf

A small shelf, attached to the wall or rail, will help to use the knives at any time without a long search in the drawer with the appliances. But such a device is not practical: the knives are in a humid environment, and their edges collide with each other, which leads to a rapid loss of sharpness. And it is very easy to get a cut while searching on the shelf.

Vertical shelf

A shelf with horizontal slots will be a much more comfortable fixture. This design will not hold water on the surface, and it will be problematic to grab the blade.

Stand

The most common tool for storing knives. It can be made of completely different materials and have a variety of looks that elegantly emphasize the merits of the work surface and the entire kitchen space.

The benefits of a counter

The counter has many advantages that have given this object the love of millions of hostesses. They include:

Space saving, which is especially important for small rooms;
convenience of location, the knife stand with its own hands with a filler can easily move to the work surface, dining table, window sill or move for a while to another room;
safety: the blades become visible only when the knife is removed;
hygienic: the blades remain in a dry place devoid of odors and food residues;
sharpness: the blades are separated from each other;
practicality: all items in the rack are perfectly visible.

Racks can be different in both form and content.

Universal tumbler

The simplest version of the stand will be a universal cup. He must have just two qualities. To be:

sturdy;
high.

Most often for the manufacture of such a device is used flat glass vase (jar), tin container, PVC-tube, wooden base of 4 planks and pallet. Fasten the wooden structure with nails or screws.

Then it remains only to fill the container with the filler.

Fillers tumbler

In this capacity can act:

Cereals and legumes (peas, beans, lentils, buckwheat, rice);
vermicelli and spaghetti;
bamboo sticks;
plastic sticks or branches from an ordinary plastic broom;
polypropylene fibers.

Edible loose items will help create cute colorful patterns, but that's where their merits end. The filler will need to be washed periodically to ensure cleanliness, and the edibles will not stand up to water. They will have to be renewed every time the stand is cleaned.

Advantages and disadvantages of a tumbler

In addition to the main advantages of the stand for knives with a filler with their own hands can boast a quick change of decor (it is only enough to change the color of the filler), the convenience of performing hygienic procedures, the ability to install the knife, almost without looking. The blade itself will find its way into the filler.

The disadvantages include periodic replacement of the filler or its quality washing and drying. And the cup itself will become an object of grease and water buildup. The internal volume will not allow you to place a large number of cutting objects, but for two or three knives there will always be a place. And in a regular kitchen, this number will be the optimal amount.

Stand made of books

A simple and completely unexpected way to create a stand for knives will provide old books. For this purpose, several thick books (more than 300 pages) are fastened together with an ordinary or bank rubber band, twine or beautiful tape. You can decorate the bottom of the creation with decorative paper, and for the spines come up with the most incredible names. No one will get inside the books anyway.

The undoubted advantage of such a knife holder will be the simplicity of production and availability of the material,

But a lot more disadvantages do not allow you to use this idea to its full potential.

First, the paper will quickly warp from water, and the stand will lose its appeal.
Secondly, a certain skill will be required to install the knives.
Thirdly, the blade marks will very soon be visible on the sheets.

Usually such a holder is used as an unusual decoration and is located away from the sink and stove.

A souvenir stand made of wood

Beautiful and expensive knives that are not often used can be placed on a souvenir stand. For this you will need a wooden base, on which will be fixed vertical slats with small holders.As holders can be used wood or steel hooks.

Such models are decorated with carvings or with the help of burning, decorated with pictures of decoupage. They look great, but they are not very easy to use.

Masters who are fluent in carpentry tools can make an unusual man with a shield, inside of which knives will be inserted.Tattered store stand can be beautifully decorated with napkins and varnish - decoupage. Such a creation will give the kitchen a completely new sound.

As you can see, it is quite easy to make a stand with their own hands. But the uniqueness of such a creation will make the kitchen the most unusual and comfortable place.