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 man without a knife, is a man without a life.	Faroese proverb

A man without a knife, is a man without a life.


Teaching a monkey to eat with a fork and knife will never make it a man.	Congolese proverb

Teaching a monkey to eat with a fork and knife will never make it a man.


The calf isn’t even born yet and there he is sharpening his carving knife.	Klingon proverb

The calf isn’t even born yet and there he is sharpening his carving knife.

James Russell Lowell

I have always been of the mind that in a democracy, manners are the only effective weapons against the bowie-knife.

Rodney Dangerfield

One time a guy pulled a knife on me... I could tell it wasn’t a professional job — it had butter on it.

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