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 man without a knife, is a man without a life.	Faroese proverb

A man without a knife, is a man without a life.


He would not give the devil a knife to cut his throat.	Italian proverb

He would not give the devil a knife to cut his throat.


When you take a knife away from a child, give him a piece of wood instead.	Turkish proverb

When you take a knife away from a child, give him a piece of wood instead.

James Russell Lowell

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

Hunter S. Thompson

You can always turn your back on a person, but you can never turn your back on a drug... especially when it’s waving a hunting knife in your eyes.

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