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!



A desperate person will even hold on to a knife edge.	Filipino proverb

A desperate person will even hold on to a knife edge.


Occasionally a man with a right smart education can’t find his knife when it gets in the wrong pocket.	African proverb

Occasionally a man with a right smart education can’t find his knife when it gets in the wrong pocket.


No matter how sharp it is, a knife will never cut it’s own handle.	Kikuyu proverb

No matter how sharp it is, a knife will never cut it’s own handle.

Margaret Witter Fuller

Genius will live and thrive without training, but it does not the less reward the watering pot and pruning knife.

Rodney Dangerfield

One time a guy pulled a knife on me... I could tell it wasn’t a professional job — it had butter on it.

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