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 hunter’s knife cannot carve its own handle.	Korean proverb

A hunter’s knife cannot carve its own handle.


He who licks knives will soon cut his tongue.	Ukrainian proverb

He who licks knives will soon cut his tongue.


Under a gold sheath a leaden knife.	Bajan proverb

Under a gold sheath a leaden knife.

Rabindranath Tagore

A mind all logic is like a knife all blade. It makes the hand bleed that uses it.

Stanislaw Lem

Is it progress if a cannibal uses a knife and fork?

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