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

[MUSIC PLAYING] WES SILER: Back when we started this series, we identified that a lot of the advice out there is just some tough guy trying to one up the other dudes on YouTube. I don't want to be ...

In addition to being safer, sharp tools also help you up your culinary game, whether you're butterflying chicken breasts or assembling a mirepoix for a stew. "Keeping the knife sharp will improve your ...

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 ...

Knife sets, particularly those that come with a countertop block, usually include a long metal rod that is clearly not intended for cutting. Some call them knife sharpeners, and while they are used ...

There are few things in the kitchen as satisfying as using a truly sharp knife. Want some slices of zucchini so thin you can read through them, or some beautiful julienne vegetables? Well, my friend, ...

—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 ...

As someone who cooks at home regularly, I stand by the idea that the most dangerous tool in a kitchen is a dull knife. Regardless of your experience level, a dull knife makes it easy to accidentally ...

But a good kitchen knife is only worth the cost of admission if you properly care for it and there's definitely a learning curve. I am, admittedly, the pot calling the kettle black. I've ruined plenty ...