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!



As the camel falls to its knees, more knives are drawn.	Bedouin proverb

As the camel falls to its knees, more knives are drawn.


Honey in his mouth, knives in his heart.	 Chinese proverb

Honey in his mouth, knives in his heart.


The mother is she who catches the knife by the blade.	French proverb

The mother is she who catches the knife by the blade.

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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