Knife Skills —

a kitchen guide to using the right knife the right way

This site will give you the confidence to choose and use the knives and other nonelectric sharp tools in your kitchen. It’s also a reference site that you can use as you improve your skills and acquire the tools that will make you a better cook!



Even the devil himself does not know where women sharpen their knives.	Latvian proverb

Even the devil himself does not know where women sharpen their knives.


One knife will not cut another knife; one cheat will not cheat another cheat.	Italian proverb

One knife will not cut another knife; one cheat will not cheat another cheat.


The tongue of a bad friend cuts more than a knife.	African proverb

The tongue of a bad friend cuts more than a knife.

James Russell Lowell

I have always been of the mind that in a democracy, manners are the only effective weapons against the bowie-knife.

Emily Dickinson

Surgeons must be very careful. When they take the knife!, underneath their fine incisions, stirs the Culprit — Life!

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