If this contraption is unfamiliar to you, it's called a honing rod, and it's not too hard to ... Cutting with dull blades is more dangerous than using sharp ones, since you have to use more ...

There’s nothing quite like the feel of a new, factory-sharp chef’s knife ... You can fix these small issues by honing your knives regularly with a honing rod or similar.

Rolling knife sharpeners have been something of a viral sensation recently and promise to make knife sharpening easy. They all work on pretty much the same principle: a magnetic block holds the knife ...

A sharp knife transforms your cutting experience ... for knife maintenance -- I'm sure you're all familiar with the honing rod and knife sharpening stone or whetstone -- but I wanted the knife ...