It is dullsville in the Kelly house these days — not our wits, but our knives. My husband Patrick once slipped off with all my slicers to the local sharpening shop, but that was years ago. And my ...

“The traditional test to see whether a knife is sharp is to reach behind your head and cut into a hair,” Jonathan Broida, owner of Japanese Knife Imports, explains at a knife sharpening demonstration ...

Handcrafted Japanese kitchen knives shaped by tradition, trusted steels and workshops in Japan for clean, confident prep daily.

My recommendation for a romantic Valentine’s Day gift this year is a crazy-sharp Japanese kitchen knife. Yes, I am aware there’s a superstition about knives as presents, which are thought to symbolize ...

Brookfield knife sharpener Alena Joling was selected as one of 12 people to visit the world's oldest knifemaking factory, Kikuichi Cutlery, in Nara, Japan. She was impressed by the dedication to ...

When I went to culinary school, we were advised to invest in Sabatier knives – simple, practical, and made in France. These days, I can’t help noticing the craze for Japanese knives. Celebrities, ...

WHEN I WAS a kid, I had a rock collection, including a box of polished thundereggs and other colorful stones. At some point I got rid of them. Now I’m collecting rocks again, except these rocks are ...

Our editors swear by these blades, including a super versatile gyuto knife. Knife nerds (like us!) go ham over the minutiae of blades: bevel angles, carbon percentage, carbon type, esoteric blade ...