Should you point utensils up or down in the dishwasher?

I only have a few sets of chopsticks I will put in the dishwasher - ones with a wide enough end that they won’t go through the utensil basket grid. They are a nice dark hardwood with very straight grain and I think they’ll outlast most of my forks. :slight_smile:

Likewise, I have some hickory-handled steak knives that I refinished myself that I don’t hesitate to run through the dishwasher…points down, of course!

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