This side of the knife blade has been ground to a very thin, very sharp point. It is used for most types of cutting and slicing. The edge dulls just a bit with every use, and it must be sharpened ...

While the blade of a given knife is obviously the most important part — it’s the part that does the cutting, after all — the handle is only slightly less important, as you’re not going to do much ...

People have the wrong ideas about knives. A knife doesn’t cut like a razor or a plane iron on the push stroke. It’s somewhat like a saw with teeth that cuts in a sliding motion as it’s pushed or ...