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, …

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 …

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, …

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 …

People have tried many ways to sharpen their knives other than doing it the proper way. Some of these methods have come out of desperation, laziness, or looking for a new method. Aluminum foil used to sharpen scissors has been around as a hack for some time, but will this scissor-sharpening hack work to sharpen …

Sharpening a knife is an unavoidable part of knife maintenance that you will need to perform on your knives from time to time. Selecting the right type of sharpener to use on your knives is not as easy as it may seem at first. Not all sharpeners are suitable for all types of knives, and …