Ronn Blankenship wrote:
>
> At 01:22 PM 5/19/02, Julia Thompson asked:
> >Can anyone recommend a good way to pack sharp knives for moving?
>
> At 02:05 PM 5/19/02, Jon wrote:
>
> >2) For myself, I took chipboard, which are very thin pieces of cardboard
> >that usually can be purchased at a Mailboxes etc. (I got them from my
> >office) and cut and folded them around the blades into makeshift
> >sleeves, then taped them shut. Not as efficient, but I have a couple of
> >big butcher knives that couldn't be slipped easily into a vase. Vitally
> >important that the cardboard and not the tape faces the blade.
>
> This is what I did. I used corrugated cardboard obtained by cutting up boxes.
Cool. And we've determined that the few boxes held over from the *last*
move, which was about 8 years ago, aren't in good enough shape to be
used for packing much of anything, so I can cannibalize those....
Julia
