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Lock Thy Knife and Throw Away the Key
Wait a minute there is no key involved here in the Knife Locker. Apparently the knife itself is the key. It locks into position with a 270-degree counterclockwise turn and kick starts the UV sterilization process. Ready for the next use, bright and shiny! That sleek house will look good on any kitchen counter, what do you think?
Designer: Min Seong Kim
40 Comments »
Barranoid says
Nice idea. However I'm pretty sure that MY baby would be able to turn and therefore "unlock" the knifes as soon as it'll be able to reach stuff on the counter. So without some true lock it would be pretty useless.
Barranoid says
Nice idea. However I'm pretty sure that MY baby would be able to turn and therefore “unlock” the knifes as soon as it'll be able to reach stuff on the counter. So without some true lock it would be pretty useless.
Jack.Ye says
I like this design. Good idea!
kinjig says
Good idea!
J. Yeh says
how do we deal with knives with wider blades? say…a cleaver
Jerome Pineau says
Unfortunately thought, it spells "babies" in the plural form
Other than that, real sharp idea – congrats! 
@yankodesign says
We have to apologize for foreign designers. English is usually a second or third language for them. We didn't create these renders.
Jack.Ye says
I like this design. Good idea!
kinjig says
Good idea!
jotpe says
Childrens are little people
Not idiots like some think. I know that any lockers for they dosn't work. 1, 2 max. 3 tests and… all is clear 
Checked empirically… Many times…
Friendly greetings
J. Yeh says
how do we deal with knives with wider blades? say…a cleaver
Jerome Pineau says
Unfortunately thought, it spells “babies” in the plural form
Other than that, real sharp idea – congrats! 
@yankodesign says
We have to apologize for foreign designers. English is usually a second or third language for them. We didn't create these renders.
jotpe says
Childrens are little people
Not idiots like some think. I know that any lockers for they dosn't work. 1, 2 max. 3 tests and… all is clear 
Checked empirically… Many times…
Friendly greetings
Jack, Has Standards says
Exceptionally unuseful.
And what a poor choice to feature on your blog.
@yankodesign says
Well, it is our blog.
Jack, Has Standards says
Exceptionally unuseful.
And what a poor choice to feature on your blog.
@yankodesign says
Well, it is our blog.
Jonathan Cowley says
Has nobody stopped to consider that the main point of this is to sterilise the blades, keeping your children safe from viruses and bacteria etc and that the locking feature is so you don't pull the blades out when they are being sterilised and possibly damaging yourself with the UV rays.
Jonathan Cowley says
Has nobody stopped to consider that the main point of this is to sterilise the blades, keeping your children safe from viruses and bacteria etc and that the locking feature is so you don't pull the blades out when they are being sterilised and possibly damaging yourself with the UV rays.
Jon says
Wow there is some hate here. I think that this is a great concept and the lock could easily be made childproof by adding some sort of push and twist feature like on medicine caps. Come on, this is a website for creatives and everyone is getting caught up on how it "wouldn't work". Concept is there, nice renderings, well displayed.
@Jack – since when is keeping a sanitary kitchen while protecting our children from harm "exceptionally unuseful"?
Jon says
Wow there is some hate here. I think that this is a great concept and the lock could easily be made childproof by adding some sort of push and twist feature like on medicine caps. Come on, this is a website for creatives and everyone is getting caught up on how it “wouldn't work”. Concept is there, nice renderings, well displayed.
@Jack – since when is keeping a sanitary kitchen while protecting our children from harm “exceptionally unuseful”?
Moosh says
Where to buy.
Moosh says
Where to buy.
minsung says
same idea http://leekiho.egloos.com/1302426
minsung says
Who's follower?
minsung says
same idea http://leekiho.egloos.com/1302426
minsung says
Who's follower?
adesignaddict says
the idea itself is not that bad, especially the hygienic part, but one thing keeps me questioning: has the concept designer never done the counterclockwise-270-degree-twist-motion in his head?! seriously, try it yourself. your wrist and elbow will tell you that’s not a natural move. doing a 90 degree clockwise turn is much more comfortable. sorry if this sounds negative, but before you go through the process of rendering and coming up with a presentation you should first go through all the basic functions of your design and make sure it makes sense that way.
cool nonetheless.
vogelcube says
That's probably a safety feature a la childproofing. 270 degree turn is fairly unnatural, but my 5 year old has already mastered the 90 degree turn to open doors. If this was produced with only a 90 degree turn, I probably wouldn't buy it.
adesignaddict says
the idea itself is not that bad, especially the hygienic part, but one thing keeps me questioning: has the concept designer never done the counterclockwise-270-degree-twist-motion in his head?! seriously, try it yourself. your wrist and elbow will tell you that’s not a natural move. doing a 90 degree clockwise turn is much more comfortable. sorry if this sounds negative, but before you go through the process of rendering and coming up with a presentation you should first go through all the basic functions of your design and make sure it makes sense that way.
cool nonetheless.
vogelcube says
That's probably a safety feature a la childproofing. 270 degree turn is fairly unnatural, but my 5 year old has already mastered the 90 degree turn to open doors. If this was produced with only a 90 degree turn, I probably wouldn't buy it.
Phuqa says
Not bad but by buying the system you are also forced to buy the knives that come along with it. The bolster on the knives shown are really thin, quality knives have much larger bolsters and will not fit. Not sure on the need for constant UV sterilising either, efficient cleaning handles that need. Functionality is lacking too, the device takes up a lot of area and might be better suited if it was a vertical design. No use as a safety ‘lock’ either, any retard who leaves sharp stuff around a baby needs their head examined as kids are naturally curious and will explore…even more so if it has nice blue lights on it.
James says
To all the people saying dangerous – this is certainly safer than a traditional knife block!
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