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!


Caring for your knives

I have one simple rule for caring for knives: if you treat them well, they’ll treat you well. And by treating you well, that means that they’ll last for many years. My primary knives are over 20 years old, and should be going strong for many more years. You can get the same mileage out of yours by paying attention to how you wash, store, and use your knives.


A bad knife cuts one’s finger instead of the stick.	Portuguese proverb

A bad knife cuts one’s finger instead of the stick.


He likes it, as a goat likes the knife, that kills him.	Hungarian proverb

He likes it, as a goat likes the knife, that kills him.


The fool cuts himself with his own knife.	Kikuyu proverb

The fool cuts himself with his own knife.

Sam Snead

If a lot of people gripped a knife and fork the way they do a golf club, they’d starve to death.

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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