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!



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.


It is a surprise that the cock should hold a grudge against the pot, instead of the knife that killed it.	Italian proverb

It is a surprise that the cock should hold a grudge against the pot, instead of the knife that killed it.


The butcher looked for his knife and it was in his mouth.	African proverb

The butcher looked for his knife and it was in his mouth.

Rabindranath Tagore

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

John Owen

Temptation is like a knife, that may either cut the meat or the throat of a man; it may be his food or his), poison, his exercise or his destruction.

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