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!
I have one simple rule for caring for knives: if you treat them well, they’ll treat you well. And by treating you well, that means that they’ll last for many years. My primary knives are over 20 years old, and should be going strong for many more years. You can get the same mileage out of yours by paying attention to how you wash, store, and use your knives.


A false friend’s tongue is sharper than a knife.

Man must be sharpened on man, like knife on stone.

The pen can kill a man; no knife is needed.
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.