“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 ...

Safety: Knife sharpeners with a stable, well-built design are preferred, since they are less lightly to cause the knife to ...

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In the long list of skills grandpa knew better than us, there’s the ancient art of knife sharpening. It takes more than a honing steel and a couple swift swipes of the blade to tighten an edge: ...

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Any chef will tell you, the most essential piece of equipment in a kitchen is a set of sharp knives. Keeping your knives precision sharp requires care and attention. A skilled knife sharpener can be ...

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 ...