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Best Carving Knives - Make Cutting Meat a Breeze
Finding the best carving or slicing knife for your needs can be tricky. There are a lot of inferior products out there and if you find yourself lumbered with one of...
Best Carving Knives - Make Cutting Meat a Breeze
Finding the best carving or slicing knife for your needs can be tricky. There are a lot of inferior products out there and if you find yourself lumbered with one of...
What Can I Use My Paring Knife For?
Paring knives may be the smallest of kitchen knives that isn’t to say that they don't have a world of uses. In this guide, we’ll be introducing you to this...
What Can I Use My Paring Knife For?
Paring knives may be the smallest of kitchen knives that isn’t to say that they don't have a world of uses. In this guide, we’ll be introducing you to this...
Ten Great Gift Ideas For All Budding Chefs
With Christmas fast approaching, people are starting to think about the perfect gift to buy for their loved ones. But it can be difficult choosing the right thing. It’s worth...
Ten Great Gift Ideas For All Budding Chefs
With Christmas fast approaching, people are starting to think about the perfect gift to buy for their loved ones. But it can be difficult choosing the right thing. It’s worth...
Spotlight On the Haruta Knife Range
There’s nothing quite like using a brand-new set of Japanese knives and feeling how smoothly and efficiently these cut through different foods. If you’ve been considering our Haruta eight-piece chef...
Spotlight On the Haruta Knife Range
There’s nothing quite like using a brand-new set of Japanese knives and feeling how smoothly and efficiently these cut through different foods. If you’ve been considering our Haruta eight-piece chef...
Cutting Vegetables: Which Is the Best Vegetable...
Whether you’re a strict vegetarian or someone who loves some fresh veggies alongside a meat dish, we all need a good knife for cutting vegetables. Japanese knives are prized for...
Cutting Vegetables: Which Is the Best Vegetable...
Whether you’re a strict vegetarian or someone who loves some fresh veggies alongside a meat dish, we all need a good knife for cutting vegetables. Japanese knives are prized for...
Spotlight On the Gyuto
If you’ve been thinking about updating your knife collection and want to include a gyuto knife then it’s a good idea to familiarise yourself with this blade in order to...
Spotlight On the Gyuto
If you’ve been thinking about updating your knife collection and want to include a gyuto knife then it’s a good idea to familiarise yourself with this blade in order to...
Handmade vs Manufactured Knives: Which Are Best?
Buying knives can feel like a real whirlwind since there are so many choices out there. While there are a number of things you’ll want to consider, choosing between a...
Handmade vs Manufactured Knives: Which Are Best?
Buying knives can feel like a real whirlwind since there are so many choices out there. While there are a number of things you’ll want to consider, choosing between a...
What Makes a Knife Left-Handed or Right-Handed?
Being left-handed isn’t always easy. There are lots of tools and utensils that are designed only with right-handed users in mind. A lot would say this isn’t fair but there...
What Makes a Knife Left-Handed or Right-Handed?
Being left-handed isn’t always easy. There are lots of tools and utensils that are designed only with right-handed users in mind. A lot would say this isn’t fair but there...
Forged vs Stamped - What’s the Difference?
The main difference is how these knives are made. Forged knives are made from a single bar of steel whereas a stamped blade is made by cutting the shape from...
Forged vs Stamped - What’s the Difference?
The main difference is how these knives are made. Forged knives are made from a single bar of steel whereas a stamped blade is made by cutting the shape from...
Why Do We Need to Maintain and Care For Our Jap...
If you don’t take proper care of your Japanese kitchen knives, then you’ll soon find that they go dull and rusty and just won’t perform like they did when they...
Why Do We Need to Maintain and Care For Our Jap...
If you don’t take proper care of your Japanese kitchen knives, then you’ll soon find that they go dull and rusty and just won’t perform like they did when they...
Do you push or pull a blade into a whetstone
A question that most people ask when they first start sharpening knives is should you push or pull when sharpening a knife. Most pros would agree that pulling the blade...
Do you push or pull a blade into a whetstone
A question that most people ask when they first start sharpening knives is should you push or pull when sharpening a knife. Most pros would agree that pulling the blade...
What Is a Burr and How Do You Feel a Burr On a ...
Sharpening a knife is no mean feat and while a lot of people fall into the trap of thinking that this is an easy task, you really should think again....
What Is a Burr and How Do You Feel a Burr On a ...
Sharpening a knife is no mean feat and while a lot of people fall into the trap of thinking that this is an easy task, you really should think again....
Spotlight On the Deba Knife
When we look at Japanese knives, it’s very easy to see the differences between the blades. Naturally, these different designs mean that each knife is intended for a separate purpose....
Spotlight On the Deba Knife
When we look at Japanese knives, it’s very easy to see the differences between the blades. Naturally, these different designs mean that each knife is intended for a separate purpose....
What Is the Honbazuke Method?
When you think about Japanese knives, you think of something that is razor sharp and super efficient. But how do Japanese knife makers get the blades so sharp in the...
What Is the Honbazuke Method?
When you think about Japanese knives, you think of something that is razor sharp and super efficient. But how do Japanese knife makers get the blades so sharp in the...
What Is a Deba Knife?
The deba knife was traditionally used for boning and filleting fish. However, modern chefs also use it in very similar ways to the chef’s knife or santoku knife. If you’re...
What Is a Deba Knife?
The deba knife was traditionally used for boning and filleting fish. However, modern chefs also use it in very similar ways to the chef’s knife or santoku knife. If you’re...
Things to Avoid When Sharpening Knives
Keeping your knives sharp ensures that they perform to the best of their ability and are safer to use. There are many different ways of sharpening a knife, depending on...
Things to Avoid When Sharpening Knives
Keeping your knives sharp ensures that they perform to the best of their ability and are safer to use. There are many different ways of sharpening a knife, depending on...
Why Does My Knife Dull?
We all use kitchen knives for preparing food but have you ever noticed that your knife begins to not perform as well? This is likely because it is going dull...
Why Does My Knife Dull?
We all use kitchen knives for preparing food but have you ever noticed that your knife begins to not perform as well? This is likely because it is going dull...
How to Remove Rust From Knives
Stainless steel is one of the most common materials for knife blades. It has a lot of excellent properties and while it doesn't rust easily, just like any other type...
How to Remove Rust From Knives
Stainless steel is one of the most common materials for knife blades. It has a lot of excellent properties and while it doesn't rust easily, just like any other type...