“A dull knife is a dangerous knife.” If you have never heard that saying before I can confirm its validity for you. It’s true because a dull knife requires you to work harder. When your knife is sharp ...

Five s kitchen knives laying on a wooden board - Halil ibrahim mescioglu/Shutterstock We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. It's extremely important to keep knives sharp. It make ...

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There are a wide variety of knife sharpeners out there, but not everyone knows how to properly use a knife sharpener in order to get the best performance out of their blade. If you’re trying to figure ...

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Vincent Lau’s job is to restore and maintain the blades of hundreds of clients a week. At Korin, the Japanese knife and kitchenware emporium where Lau does his work, you won’t find him using some ...

Raise your hand if your kitchen knives are all sharpened right now. Nope? That's what we thought. So when we saw this handy little $6 knife sharpener on Amazon, we ordered it immediately. After poring ...

Select independently determines what we cover and recommend. When you buy through our links, we may earn a commission. Learn more. As someone who cooks at home regularly, I stand by the idea that the ...

I remember my dad giving me my first Barlow pocket knife as a child. I still have it. It is also still sharp because he taught me how to sharpen a pocket knife it on the same day, along with a strong ...

I got my first pocket knife when I was five years old, and it didn’t take me long to say, “Hey, this thing doesn’t cut so well anymore.” However, it was several years before I got serious about ...