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!



All are not cooks who carry long knives.	German proverb

All are not cooks who carry long knives.


One knife keeps another in its sheath.	Vietnamese proverb

One knife keeps another in its sheath.


To start a fight, one does not bring a knife that cuts but a needle that sews.	Argentinean proverb

To start a fight, one does not bring a knife that cuts but a needle that sews.

Tad Williams

He who is certain he knows the ending of things when he is only beginning them is either extremely wise or extremely foolish; no matter which is true, he is certainly an unhappy man, for he has put a knife in the heart of wonder.

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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