I always thought it is a myth. I cannot image using a knife as a can opener. She has never used a regular can opener?
Last time my brother was in town we were prepping a Mexican feast for a large group. With my back to the stovetop while prepping ingredients for guac and salsas I hear CRACK!!! I turn around and see my avocado green ceramic tortilla warmer (part of a beautiful multi-colored ceramic Mexican serving set) sitting on the cooktop in multiple pieces.
Seems he set it on the cooktop on high.
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Oh, I forgot about being guilty of that particular crime - Iāve done it when camping. I used to keep my old John Wayne (P-38 can opener) on my keychain but someone else drove and we didnāt have another can opener. But it was a sturdy utility knife I used, though, not kitchen knives.
We need a ātears/cryā response option.
Edit - also for this one
I wonder, if you got a cloth buffing wheel and some polishing rouge, maybe you could restore it to original condition.
For that matter, you might be able to get a jeweler to try it for less than the cost of the equipment.
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I think back in college, I bought a can (something) and realize that I donāt have a can opener. I cannot what I did. I think I start using my scissor to stab it or maybe screw driver without success. I donāt think it occurred to me to use a kitchen knife.
So sad. What happened next? Did he yell at you for buying fragile cookware?
Noā¦ I actually lost it for a moment or two asking WTF was he thinking?
Because you said it was a brother. Brothers can sometime do reverse yelling. Like he blames you for scaring him. 
I think I have seen some parents being overly protective about their children. When their kids do something wrong, the parents would yell at other people. I need to think of a specific example.
The worst is the martini glasses!!
I ban people from my kitchen on pain of death, precisely for the reasons you mentioned. It terrifies me to see what people do. Thereās a reason why Iāve never wrecked any of my own equipment. Sadly, when Iāve been requested to bring my equipment to someoneās house, the same thing happens, but without my ability to interdict or intervene.
And that begins with the destroyer: the dishwasher. My begging not to put my stuff in the DW has fallen on deaf ears more than once, with sad results.
When I still could cook with my copper, I learned quickly to hide it when kitchen āhelpā appeared. As bad as scratching: cranking the burner up to āincinerateā with the pan, alone and empty, on it. NOOOOOOOO!!
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That would be hard to believe. But they had a āfancyā oxo can opener vs the cheapie regular one, so itās possible she couldnāt figure it out and just went with the āeasierā option.
My cousin was visiting, decided to make himself a sandwich that he ate at my cherry wood dining room table, without a plate, paper towel or placemat, crumbs everywhere.
He took my abrasive scouring pad for cleaning my glass stovetop to the cherry wood to wipe it up. I grabbed it so fast after I saw him take the first wipe from the corner of my eye.
Not sure what he was thinking. He could have used a paper towel, a tea towel, asked for a j cloth.
That is a not so great nanny, but I suppose the number one job of a nanny is to take care of the children, and not about preparing meals.
Yeah, I probably can polish it. I still have a dremel tool which I bought (remember using a similar one to polishing and bluffing some metal ion lens). But that will take forever for a kitchen knife.
I figure that the knife is still 100% functional and it is not my top knife anyway.
My DW hasnāt been used since Thanksgiving 2019. Iām afraid to turn it on now. Obviously, I donāt use it.
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I had a touch-up painter in my old house use my paring knife to pry open paint cans. I wasnāt home; knife was put back in the block, tipless.
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My Electric Kettle stands ever-ready to add boiling water to an emptied pan, still hot and still on the stove. Think of it like deglazing ā¦ but maybe with a wee bit of soap. Works great for me.
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Good idea. (and I have an electric kettle too)
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Crossed forks doesnāt do it. I still wish a few emojis were options for use like crossed forks. 
All Iāve ever done.
Can she show us on the wooden cutting board where it hurt her? Those poor cutting boards!
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