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-wound heals, but a tongue-wound festers.	Kurdish proverb

A knife-wound heals, but a tongue-wound festers.


One knife keeps another in its sheath.	Vietnamese proverb

One knife keeps another in its sheath.


The tongue of a bad friend cuts more than a knife.	African proverb

The tongue of a bad friend cuts more than a knife.

James Russell Lowell

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

The Holy Bible

Put a knife to thy throat, if you’re a man given to appetite.

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