Maintain your knife’s precious edge between sharpenings with our top picks. Food & Wine / Marcus Millan Honing with a honing steel or rod is part of regular knife maintenance that keeps your blade in ...

Keep your knives on the cutting edge with regular honing and sharpening.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Honing rod and chefs knife laying on wood cutting board - Charlotte Lake/Shutterstock Knife sets, particularly those that come ...

As any seasoned chef knows, there is a knife for virtually every kitchen task. And in order to get the most out of your favorite knife, you’ll want to make sure that its blade is in good condition.

The most expensive mistake in the kitchen is confusing honing and sharpening. Honing aligns the blade, while sharpening ...

A dull knife is a dangerous knife.

Don’t lie to me. Look me in the eyes, and tell me the truth: Who was president the last time you sharpened your knives? One of the Bushes? Harry Truman? Even if it was Barack Obama, I’ll bet it was ...

Claire is Lifehacker's Senior Food Editor. She has a B.S. in chemistry, a decade of food journalism experience, and a deep love for mayonnaise and MSG. I did not learn knife care from my parents, and ...