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 ...

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.