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!


Fillet knife

A fillet knife is similar to a boning knife, but it has a longer and slightly narrower blade, and is used almost exclusively on fish. When the word fillet is used with meat, it’s used as a noun. But when it’s used with fish, it’s both a noun (“fillet of fish”) and a verb (“fillet that fish”). No one ever says, “fillet that cow.”


Even the devil himself does not know where women sharpen their knives.	Latvian proverb

Even the devil himself does not know where women sharpen their knives.


Occasionally a man with a right smart education can’t find his knife when it gets in the wrong pocket.	African proverb

Occasionally a man with a right smart education can’t find his knife when it gets in the wrong pocket.


The knife of the family does not cut.	Bajan proverb

The knife of the family does not cut.

John Cheever

Fear tastes like a rusty knife and do not let her into your house.

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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