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Because if you do do it it will be good to not cut yourself ]

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Although it is a common practice, knife storage in flat drawers is not recommended. Ideal storage orients the knife vertically, blade up/handle down, with the primary cutting edge facing away from the person storing or retrieving the knife. Knife blades should never come into contact with any physical part of the storage unit.

When stored in kitchen or other drawers horizontally, knives should be arranged such that when the knife is returned to the drawer, the tip of the cutting surface is nearer the rear (wall-side) of the drawer and the handle of the knife is nearer the front (cabinet face-side) of the drawer, approximately parallel with the sides of the drawer.

When stored horizontally, the cutting edge of the knife or sword should be up (the spine should be down). To the extent practical, the central axis of the blade should be at an angle facilitating proper drainage (towards the ricasso or hilt). The idea is both to prevent corrosion along the edge and to simultaneously drain away contaminants.

Normal use of a knife or similarly-bladed tool stored horizontally in a drawer involves flipping the edge over upon retrieval of the tool from the drawer.

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