How to store sharp Japanese knives safely around young children, with practical storage habits, clear boundaries and age-appropriate teaching.
Equipment Care
Japanese Knives and Food Safety: Professional Standards at Home
How Japanese chefs handle razor-sharp knives safely at home, from grip and stance to caring for reactive carbon steel and keeping food pristine.
The Art of Japanese Knife Sharpening: Traditional Techniques and Modern Tools
The swordsmiths called toko treated blade upkeep as sacred. How that reverence carries into whetstone work and today’s sharpening tools.
When to Replace Your Trusty Cooking Knives: A Comprehensive Guide
Some knives are past saving: an edge that won’t hold after sharpening, cracks or chips, a wobbling handle, rust in the steel. Four signs it’s time to let go.
How to Properly Maintain Japanese Knives
Never leave them wet. How to wash, dry and sharpen a Japanese knife, with a rundown of the Gyuto, Santoku, Nakiri, Deba and Sujihiki.
Top 3 Ways To Store Your Kitchen Knives
The three main ways to store kitchen knives safely around children, comparing drawer inserts, countertop blocks and wall-mounted magnetic strips.
How To Look After Japanese Knives With Chef Olivia Burt
Chef Olivia Burt’s three tips for caring for Japanese knives: use a flat wooden board, store them on a magnetic rack, and never use the dishwasher.
Best Way To Store Kitchen Knives Around Children
The safest way to store kitchen knives with children around, weighing drawers, knife blocks and wall-mounted magnetic strips on safety and care.
7 Ways You Are Accidentally Destroying Your Kitchen Knives
Seven everyday habits that quietly wreck your knives, including the dishwasher, air drying, drawer storage and scraping the board with the edge.
Why Should You Oil Your Chopping Boards
Why wooden chopping boards need oiling, and how mineral oil keeps them from drying, staining and cracking. Covers the what, how and when.
Which Whetstone Grit To Choose For Sharpening Japanese Knives
Which whetstone grit to use for Japanese knives, from coarse stones under 1000 for chips to 4000 to 8000 finishing stones for the edge.
7 Tips For Keeping Your Kitchen Knives Sharp And Safe
A honing rod realigns your edge, it doesn’t sharpen it, and the dull knife is the dangerous one. Seven habits that keep blades keen and hands intact.
Do Magnetic Knife Holders Damage Your Knives?
No, a magnet won’t ruin a well-kept blade. The real harm comes from cheap racks that drag your edge across a bare metal face.
The Best Way To Store Your Kitchen Knives And Metal Tools Safely
Why a loose drawer ruins knife edges, and how magnetic racks and blocks keep blades sharp, space saved and out of children’s reach.
How Do I Check If My Kitchen Knife Is Still Sharp?
How to tell if a kitchen knife still needs sharpening, using the paper slice and everyday cutting tests, plus how edge angle affects sharpness.
Knife Drawer, Knife Stand or Magnetic Rack – What Is Better?
Knife drawers, blocks and magnetic racks compared on space, usability, hygiene, child safety and price to help you store blades well.
Top 10 Knife Care Tips We Learned From Professionals
Master blacksmiths told us to sharpen four or five times a year and judge the edge on a sheet of paper. Nine more habits that keep a blade honest.
How To Mount A Blade To A Knife Handle?
Tape the edge, wear the glasses, mind the dust: fitting a handle to a razor-sharp Japanese blade, plus a simple antler mount borrowed from hunting knives.
How To De-Rust And Sharpen An Old Knife Like A Pro
How to remove rust from an old knife using vinegar or lemon juice, then sharpen the blade back to a clean edge on a stone or honing rod.
3 Ways You May Be Ruining Your Japanese Knives
The three most common mistakes that ruin Japanese knives: the dishwasher, loose storage in drawers, and how to avoid both with simple care.
How The Japanese Knives Are Made
How Japanese knives are forged, from joining iron and steel and the role of tamahagane to the hammering that gives each blade its strength.
How To Keep Your Kitchen Knives Sharp And Shiny Like A Pro
Three simple rules for keeping kitchen knives sharp and rust-free, plus how to clean, dry, oil, and store your blades and whetstones.
How To Sharpen Your Kitchen Knife
A dull blade slips and crushes food at the cellular level. Here’s why a keen edge is safer, and three sharpness checks using paper, a fingernail and food.