Any chef will tell you, the most essential piece of equipment in a kitchen is a set of sharp knives. Keeping your knives precision sharp requires care and attention. A skilled knife sharpener can be ...

Phil Vanderhoof makes his living putting fine edges on hardened steel. Knives, mostly, but Wednesday afternoon he sat in the shade off Philips Highway sharpening a couple of samurai swords. "Cheap ...

Ask any chef who has spent hours portioning beef tenderloins into fillets or deboning prime rib roasts. It’s not easy to do your job safely and efficiently without a knife that's sharp enough to shave ...