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!
Many kitchen tools aren’t knives but are still very sharp. These can be just as valuable, but unlike knives, are often just task-specific. Over time, as you cook more, you’ll buy these as you need them.



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.

Wounds from the knife are healed, but not those from the tongue.
Fear tastes like a rusty knife and do not let her into your house.
The tongue like a sharp knife... Kills without drawing blood.