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!



Don’t dig your grave with your own knife and fork. 	English proverb

Don’t dig your grave with your own knife and fork.


In a golden sheath a leaden knife.	Rwandan proverb

In a golden sheath a leaden knife.


When the ox is at the slaughterhouse everyone comes running with their knives.	German proverb

When the ox is at the slaughterhouse everyone comes running with their knives.

Rabindranath Tagore

A mind all logic is like a knife all blade. It makes the hand bleed that uses it.

Charles Buxton

The rule in carving holds good as to criticism; never cut with a knife what you can cut with a spoon.

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