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!


How to buy a knife

Now that you know how to hold and use a knife, how do you buy one? Other than handing over money, of course. Well, you have many options. Many people have rightly said that you should buy a knife that’s comfortable in your hand. But what does that mean, and how do you find out if the knife is comfortable?

You can buy knives anywhere, including cutlery stores that specialize in selling knives, surplus/salvage stores, big-box stores, and online merchants. You can spend anywhere from $10 to over $200 for one knife. Or more. With such a range in shopping and prices, what are the deciding factors in buying a knife? Here are a few things to guide you. The knife should be:

  1. Comfortable in your hand
  2. A quality item
  3. A fair price that fits your budget
  4. Easily sharpened

Even if a knife is made of silver, a person won’t stab his own heart with it.	Afghan proverb

Even if a knife is made of silver, a person won’t stab his own heart with it.


Only a knife can best tell a child when to leave it.	German proverb

Only a knife can best tell a child when to leave it.


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.

Langenhoven

God created the world just like a knife and left it up to us to take it by the handle or the blade.

Emily Dickinson

Surgeons must be very careful. When they take the knife!, underneath their fine incisions, stirs the Culprit — Life!

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