Thread: Liner or liner-less folders - repeat disassembly for cleaning

Originally Posted by Micky Duck

DONT be tempted to put in dish washer...yes they come out lovely and clean,the plastic handles of butchers knives are whiter than white...but it somehow stuffs around with the temper and they are foreverafter a right bitch to sharpen.

even my mercators come up clean with a bit of warm soapy water and a tooth brush...

Actually it won’t get hot enough to change the temper, however you are hot washing the fine edge of your knife in hot acid, this will dissolve the edge and cause any micro fractures, which you won’t see with the naked eye, will become little pits, you can try to restore the edge but you do need to remove a fair bit of material (sharpening wise, not angle grinder wise).