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!
Many kitchen tools aren’t knives but are still very sharp. These can be just as valuable, but unlike knives, are often just task-specific. Over time, as you cook more, you’ll buy these as you need them.



A child who fears beating, would never admit that he played with a missing knife.

He would not give the devil a knife to cut his throat.

When you take a knife away from a child, give him a piece of wood instead.
A sharp knife cuts the quickest and hurts the least.
One time a guy pulled a knife on me... I could tell it wasn’t a professional job — it had butter on it.