Quite the opposite, actually: this knife holder corrals your tools with movable fibers, so any sort of artistic configuration is possible.
This is mind-bendingingly meta: original knife block design by Martin Robitsch, hacked into a DIY version by Chris DiClerico, mentioned by Lifehacker, and un-DIYed in Lifehacker comments.
Using this pre-spattered knife to chop veggies while you’re alone will make you smile; using it in front of others (hello, neighbor from down the street who already thinks my yard is unkempt and my judgment is questionable!) will make you snicker.
My blue Kuhn Rikon is the best knife I own. I use it for chopping veggies, slicing meat, and chasing small feral animals out of the backyard.
(I wield the blue. It is pretty. And in two years of laborious use, the color has yet to chip.)
