“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 ...

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We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. A multi-tool is a jack-of-all-trades, crammed full of useful tools and implements that can turn their hand to a whole host of tasks. For ...

While there are various tools available to sharpen knives, whetstones are the most recommended tool by experts because they provide control and precision. Using a whetstone — or a sharpening stone — ...

The sharpness of your knife can really make or break your experience in the kitchen. Slicing and dicing tomatoes or cleaning the silver skin off a big hunk of meat are chores that can be made daunting ...

A popular alternative to traditional steel blades, ceramic knives require little maintenance, minimize food oxidation and hold a sharp edge for a very long time. When they do start to get dull, though ...

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 ...

You’re in the kitchen preparing fresh vegetables to toss with a salad. You pull out your trusty chef’s knife, line it up to cut a bell pepper, start the slicing motion and the knife slips. Now you’re ...

—it’s a dull knife. Once that blade is dull, it forces a person to misuse a knife, resulting in problems. Traps don’t get carved right. Meat doesn’t come off the bone of your deer right. And, in ...