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 ...

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 ...

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 may have seen claims online that a simple piece of aluminum foil can sharpen your dull kitchen knives, but this expert ...

Linda Furiya wants to help people who suffer from what she calls “dull-knife shaming.” A guest offers to help with meal prep. You hand over a cutting board and a sharp knife. After a few minutes, the ...

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 ...

There's a certain kind of hell in trying to slice a tomato — or any food really — with a dull knife. Seasoned chefs generally keep a sharpening stone or rod at the ready at all times for this reason.