How to keep your knife sharp and safe

How to Keep Your Knife Sharp and Safe

How Can a Sharp Knife be Safer?

Working with a dull knife is frustrating and dangerous because you have to apply more pressure and your knife is more likely to slip. I learned this the hard way on a camping trip one year using a dull knife - yikes!

How to Hold Your Food: The “Claw”

For slicing and dicing, always hold your food with the “The Claw” position. Place 3 fingers over your food, pointing down and curve all fingers back slightly with your middle knuckle parallel with the blade to guide your knife. Watch the video tutorial for a demonstration.

How to Hold a Knife

Pinch the blade with your thumb and forefinger and wrap your hand around the sides of the blade and handle

Keep that Blade Sharp!

Have your knives professionally sharpened at least once a year. You can keep them sharp and straight by using a sharpening or honing steel at home. Watch the Video tutorial for a demonstration on how to keep your knives straight and sharp.

Cut on a surface that won’t dull the blade. Wood is best and plastic is second best. Avoid chopping on stone or glass.