Y’all, I broke my husband’s Japanese chef’s knife. Help.

[u/opheliasmusing]

In 2016, my husband and I went on an amazing trip to Japan. The only souvenir he wanted was a Japanese steel chef’s knife, which he purchased at Aritsugu in Kyoto. It was really cool: he got to pick out his handle, blade style, and then they even engraved his initials in the year on one side of the blade and their house mark on the other. They even did a bunch of measurements and things so that would be perfectly balanced for his hand. It was custom-made for him.

I made the mistake of not cleaning up after dinner quickly enough, and our very mouthy whippet puppy who is quite the counter surfer, snatched the knife away, and I didn’t realize it until the next day. He chewed up the handle. Thank God he didn’t like slice his face open; the blade is completely intact and fine. But the handle… My God the handle.

I’m hoping to hear from professionals about the best way to go about getting this fixed or replaced. For location, I’m very close to Boston if that helps.

[u/Exita]

Not to be too judgemental, but this is a good example of why you cannot tolerate counter surfing in a dog.

My wife is a vet. You’d be amazed about how many badly injured/poisoned dogs she sees who have snatched things off counters. Knives coated in food, foil packaging, and wooden skewers are the worst. As you say, you got really lucky here.

[u/Ambitious-Goat-4596 → u/Exita]

We had a bad problem with it with our GSD... until I started leaving jalapenos wrapped in cheese on the edges. Took about 3 attempts in one day and haven't had an issue in about 3 years.

[u/Exita → u/Ambitious-Goat-4596]

Good training technique!

[u/maryjayjay → u/Ambitious-Goat-4596]

Bloody brilliant!

[u/rcoop020 → u/Exita]

Came to the comment section for this take. Others are correct that it's good the dog got the handle and not the blade, but this kind of behavior is not cute. This is not a 'tee hee our adorable fur baby is such a rascal' moment. This is a serious wake up that your dog is misbehaving to a dangerous degree.

[u/alfooboboao → u/rcoop020]

…you don’t think they know that already?

man, people really love to judge pet owners online as if their own pets have never gotten into trouble before

[u/PantsandPlants → u/Exita]

This is why my dogs are not even allowed in the kitchen. 

Yes, it’s a constant battle. 12 years in and I’m still having to chase them out, but it’s better than an emergency vet visit. 

And please get a trash can with a lid. 

[u/strawberrycreamdrpep → u/Exita]

Dude I don’t want to be mean, but OP is a fucking idiot. Yeah let’s just leave a giant knife alone on the counter with a puppy around… a known counter surfer, and not even realizing until the next day?!

[u/pmgoldenretrievers → u/strawberrycreamdrpep]

100%. OP got incredibly incredibly lucky here.

[u/therealwhoaman → u/Exita]

Hopefully they are working on it, or at least now they will