Properly sharpened knives make cooking safer and more enjoyable. Master these simple techniques to keep your kitchen blades performing at their best. David Watsky Managing Editor / Home and Kitchen ...

While you might be better off sharpening your really nice knives with a water stone, you can easily sharpen your less-expensive knives with a few different grits of sandpaper. In this video from Paul ...

Inspect your kitchen knife and choose a whetstone with the right grit for your blade. For very dull blades, go with a coarse grit. If the blade is only somewhat dull or you have already used a ...

A lot of home cooks think they have poor knife skills, when in reality they’re just using dull knives. Even the best kitchen knife on the market is no good unless it’s sharp. But few home cooks ...

Bon Appétit’s Brad Leone is back for episode 64 of It’s Alive, and this time he’s showing you how to sharpen a knife. Brad teaches you how to use a sharpening whetstone and transform your dull knife ...

But a good kitchen knife is only worth the cost of admission if you properly care for it and there's definitely a learning curve. I am, admittedly, the pot calling the kettle black. I've ruined plenty ...