old kitchen knives

[JEG60]

I've got 4 old kitchen knives that I was going to throw away and I thought someone might have a use for them. The longest blades are 7" and 8". If no one can use them, what's the best way to safely dispose of them?

 

[Anvil Head]

There's plenty of life left in the bottom two, but the paring knife looks like it's had a very useful life. The cheese knife at the top usually not made from high grade blade steel (hard to tell from pic).
There are a few on here that like to repurpose old blades and may be contacting you. If I lived closer I'd stop by and pick them up. My students can learn from a repurpose project like that.

A fella over on the ODT forums does a lot of that kind of work - Biker13 (I think).

As far as "disposing", never had that problem. I still use a few of my Grandmuddy's old Green Rivers in the kitchen. Hard to beat the old school steels and their patina.