A sharp knife is safer, faster, and far more satisfying to use—but only if you maintain it properly. After testing electric and manual knife sharpeners on everything from chef’s knives to pocket ...

Sharon Lockley has over 20 years of experience as an editor and writer and has been contributing to Food & Wine since 2019. While you were carving a roast chicken or turkey over the holidays, you ...

A dull knife is a dangerous knife.

If you carry around a knife as often as I do, it better be sharp. Using a dull knife can be tedious, imprecise and, in certain circumstances, downright dangerous. However, the average person probably ...

The angle with which you sharpen a knife blade can determine the effectiveness and sharpness of the knife. No matter the type ...

Let's cut to the chase.

Raise your hand if your kitchen knives are all sharpened right now. Nope? That's what we thought. So when we saw this handy little $6 knife sharpener on Amazon, we ordered it immediately. After poring ...

Keep your knives on the cutting edge with regular honing and sharpening.

Knife sharpening is a capital-C Chore, but once you’re wielding a knife that cuts through tomatoes and onions like butter, you’ll know the task was WORTH IT. A lot of tools can bring dull blades back ...

There’s not much worse than finding yourself in the kitchen with a dull knife — that is, except realizing your only course of remedy is a lackluster knife sharpener. If your dad’s knife sharpener ...

For years, the knife was the most commonly used tool to sharpen the wooden writing instrument known as a pencil (which historians believe was invented in the 15th or 16th century). But whittling the ...