“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 ...

Keep your knives on the cutting edge with regular honing and sharpening.

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 ...

The angle with which you sharpen a knife blade can determine the effectiveness and sharpness of the knife. No matter the type ...

A sharp knife is safer, faster, and far more satisfying to use—but only if you maintain it properly. After testing electric ...

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 ...

When was the last time you sharpened your knives? Odds are, not recently enough. According to Eric Rivera, chef and founder at Addo in Seattle and former Director of Culinary Research at Alinea, you ...

The best knife sharpener will extend the life of your knives and stop your tomatoes turning into a pile of pulp rather than sleek slices. We tested popular manual and electric knife sharpeners from ...

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 ...