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I'm sorry but are you really saying a knife edge resting in a wooden block is more likely to get damaged than when bearing into a chopping board under pressure while cutting?
If the knife was that flimsy I'd get a different knife
Grumpy_Git-
Bro! You don't use a high quality Japanese knife on a chopping board. You purchase a specific soft cutting board with an elastomer surface.
I know shokunin kishitsu is a big part of Japanese culture. But every now and then I can't help but wonder if they're not actually just excellent salesmen who are very adept at cross-selling.
"Buy our expensive uncomfortable jeans. You'll need a specific detergent. And a spare pair to make sure your first pair don't get too worn. Oh and because they're so savagely stiff they'll wear through at the crotch, but that's fine, we have an after sales repair service for a similar price to a new pair of regular jeans. I've noticed both your jeans are blue. Would you like a different kind of blue to mix it up, this one has a special weave so it will age differently."
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I wouldn't care one bit if it were German stainless Henckels or Wusthof knives in a wooden block, because they are built like tanks, blade edge isn't as extreme angle and very rust resistant.
Depends on how much care you take when pulling out and putting in a knife into the knife block.
If you twist the blade, or jab the point into the wood, it might damage the tip or edge.
Not so much because the edge is getting damaged when sitting in the block.Not drying knives properly and putting them into a knife block might cause rust and corrosion too.
If you've spent 30 minutes with whetstones and strop to get a razor sharp edge, I can understand why you might want to protect the edge as best as possible.
hugo7
Acliff
Knife blocks get a bad rep for blunting knives and getting rank inside if you store knives damp and without care.
Also knife blocks are synonymous with large collections of redundant mediocre knives.
I probably wouldn’t store a brittle edge Japanese knife or carbon steel knife in a knife block, though Victorinox or German traditional knives would be fine.