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 knife and a shaving-knife are alike.	Bajan proverb

A knife and a shaving-knife are alike.


No matter how sharp a knife is, it can never cut its handle.	Chinese proverb

No matter how sharp a knife is, it can never cut its handle.


Under a gold sheath a leaden knife.	Bajan proverb

Under a gold sheath a leaden knife.

John Cheever

Fear tastes like a rusty knife and do not let her into your house.

Emily Dickinson

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

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