Knife & Blades Guide

Know Your Knife: The Japanese Core Four

Know Your Knife: The Japanese Core Four

Japanese cooking took the opposite view: the task dictated the shape. Four of them cover most of what a working kitchen asks for.

Know Your Knife: The Japanese Core Four

Japanese cooking took the opposite view: the task dictated the shape. Four of them cover most of what a working kitchen asks for.

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Know Your Knife: Locks & Tangs

Know Your Knife: Locks & Tangs

Steel gets most of the attention, but how a knife is built has just as much to do with how it performs and how long it lasts.

Know Your Knife: Locks & Tangs

Steel gets most of the attention, but how a knife is built has just as much to do with how it performs and how long it lasts.

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Know Your Knife: A Steel Primer

Know Your Knife: A Steel Primer

Every knife begins as a decision about steel: what it should be good at, and what it gives up in exchange.

Know Your Knife: A Steel Primer

Every knife begins as a decision about steel: what it should be good at, and what it gives up in exchange.

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Upkeep: A Japanese Kitchen Knife

Upkeep: A Japanese Kitchen Knife

The first thing worth noticing about a good Japanese kitchen knife is that you stop pushing. Tomatoes give up without a fight.

Upkeep: A Japanese Kitchen Knife

The first thing worth noticing about a good Japanese kitchen knife is that you stop pushing. Tomatoes give up without a fight.

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Know Your Knife: Anatomy of a Japanese Kitchen Knife

Know Your Knife: Anatomy of a Japanese Kitchen ...

Shinogi, ago, sori. Nearly every feature of a Japanese kitchen knife has its own name, and the names tell you what the maker was thinking.

Know Your Knife: Anatomy of a Japanese Kitchen ...

Shinogi, ago, sori. Nearly every feature of a Japanese kitchen knife has its own name, and the names tell you what the maker was thinking.

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