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Knives are designed in a variety of sizes, shapes and for various intended functions. You will see some knives that incorporate a bolster into their design and others that don’t have one at all. This seems to imply that some knives need a bolster, and others don’t need one. But is this the case, and …

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A common question around the internet is, what is the easiest knife to sharpen? It’s a complicated question because of the sheer number of different steel types out there. We’ll dive into this topic, but keep in mind you can sharpen a stick of butter with extreme ease, but it won’t hold an edge and …

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The Funayuki and the Deba are two Japanese kitchen knives that look very similar at first glance. However, as we know, when it comes to Japanese knives, each style of knife has a specific intention in mind. The design features for each style of knife are geared around the intended purpose for the knife. So, …

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Japanse kitchen knives are all made to have a particular set of skills that make them great for certain functions in the kitchen. However, some of these characteristics make them great for specific tasks but then make them not so useful for functions that are outside of their normal task set. So between the Funayuki …

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There are so many hacks for sharpening knives that you can see online that it is not surprising that someone would come up with this one at some point. There are hacks for sharpening your knife on car windows to using kitchen scourers to put an edge back on your blade. Some are totally bogus, …

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Knife sharpening is a vast topic, and people are always looking for ways to put an edge on a knife with the tools they have on hand or looking for faster, more efficient ways to get their knives sharp. A bench grinder is essentially a sharpening power tool that you can use to sharpen garden …

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