A knife block helps you organize your knives neatly, save space on your work top, and provide a classy look to your kitchen. It is safe, convenient, and easily accessible. When you have all your knives in one place, you can organize them in a way that enables you to pick the one that suits your needs as they [...]
A knife is one of the essential tools that help with cutting and slicing in the kitchen. Knives are needed when cutting food from vegetables and meat to bread, making them an easy culprit for cross-contamination. This might happen when you do not know how to clean a knife properly. What Is Cross-Contamination? Cross-contamination happens when bacteria are passed on from [...]
Stonewashing, also called tumble finishing, customizes knives by fashioning interesting contrasts on their blades and sometimes handles using friction. It applies to all blade material, but the end result is more pronounced in darker blades because the contrast will be more apparent once the process is complete. Different reasons inspire people to achieve a stonewashed finish, chief among them being [...]
Like all useful tools, knives need occasional maintenance, and sharpening should definitely be on your list of knife maintenance tasks. However, you also need to know the proper way to sharpen your knives, so you can avoid damaging your knife in the process. There is a myriad of sharpening tools, techniques, and theories out there and you can easily get [...]
Sharpening a knife is pretty easy when you have the right tools. However, what will you do if you find yourself in a situation when there are no sharpening tools available, and you need to finish something? It seems like a disaster, right? But fret not! You can still sharpen a knife even without any tools as long as [...]
A main fish course is always palatable. You’re eating graciously until you realize that you choked on a fishbone. It hurts, and you don’t even know what to do next. That is why proper deboning of the fish is required to ensure not only comfortable eating but safe eating as well. Using a sharp fillet knife is a must [...]
Some items are worth restoration; they could hold sentimental value by representing special occasions or gifts from someone special. It could even be a collector’s item because the production of the particular model ceased. Sometimes we look beyond how the knife got rusty in the first place and decide to fix it first and focus on ensuring it does [...]
The Santoku is an aptly named versatile knife with Japanese origins that can be used for cutting meat, fish, and vegetables. The name, when loosely translated to English, means ‘three purposes.’ It is not your regular knife as it has a few attributes that separate it from the rest, which is why we are going to look at how [...]
Sharpening a knife is a hard task for those unfamiliar with the sharpening process, even more so when it comes to how to sharpen a serrated knife. Sharpening a serrated knife may scare any novice. However, knowing how to sharpen a serrated knife is really simple as long as you know and practice what you need to do. Even professional chefs [...]
Have you ever walked into a fully stocked kitchen; one belonging to a chef or a grill master, and seen those large knives that have curved blades? Ever wondered what they are called and what they are used for? That is a butcher knife. Also known as a Scimitar knife. They are mostly used by professional chefs, hunters, butchers and [...]
