Keeping your kitchen knives well maintained is a very sensible idea, especially if you have invested a fairly large amount of money in a quality set. Unfortunately, maintaining your knife has been made more complicated by very messy and misleading marketing techniques. That’s probably one of the reasons why you’re here. To understand what the […]
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There is a lot of confusion surrounding honing steels and sharpeners and exactly what the difference is. I often see honing steels mistakenly labeled as sharpening rods even when they are being sold, especially online. The truth is that honing steels and sharpeners are different tools for very different jobs. If you’re not sure what
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A good quality chef’s knife is one of the most important tools in your kitchen. A chef’s knife is by far the most used knife in most home kitchens. That’s why it’s important to take care of your chef’s knife, to keep it sharp and to make it last as long as possible. A well-kept
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When it comes to sharpening our knives, there is one in particular that often gets forgotten, the serrated knife. It’s no immediately obvious that serrated knives can be sharpened, but they can. In fact, serrated knives can be sharpened to a razor-sharp edge, and you don’t even need any super-specialized tools. In this article we’ll
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Your kitchen knives are hands down the most important tool in your kitchen. There probably isn’t a single meal you make where a knife isn’t used during its preparation (we’re not taking ready meals here! … Although you still usually need to pierce the plastic cover, so even then..). Most of us use a knife
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Sharpening steels are one of your most important utensils for maintaining your knives. As the name suggests sharpening steels will help you keep a knife sharp, and prevent it from wearing out. But how about the other way round, if your steel prevents your knife from wearing out, how long does it take for your
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We’ve all seen TV chefs furiously honing away their knife on a honing steel. And there is a good reason for it, honing your knife is an important part of keeping your knife well maintained and helps them to last as long as possible. Honing a knife is often overlooked by home cooks and typically
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Whether you are a professional chef or a home cook a honing steel is a vital member of your kitchen toolset. Honing steels are extremely resilient pieces of kit, and if treated in the right way a honing steel could last the home cook decades. But you do actually need to clean them from time
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Honing steels are a vital and all too often underused tool of the kitchen. Commonly but incorrectly referred to as sharpening steels, honing steels help to keep your knives well maintained, so they can last significantly longer. Honing steels feel so robust that it’s easy to think they will last forever, but will your steel
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