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!


Nonknife, nonmotorized sharp kitchen tools

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.


A knife wound heals; a wound caused by words does not.	Turkish proverb

A knife wound heals; a wound caused by words does not.


No matter how sharp a knife is, it can never cut its handle.	Chinese proverb

No matter how sharp a knife is, it can never cut its handle.


A knife-wound heals, but a tongue wound festers.	Kikuyu proverb

A knife-wound heals, but a tongue wound festers.

Javier Perez De Cuellar

I am like a doctor. I have written a prescription to help the patient. If the patient doesn’t want all the pills I’ve recommended, that’s up to him. But I must warn that next time I will have to come as a surgeon with a knife.

Hilary J. Bader

The bigger the smile, the sharper the knife.

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