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5 Things You Should Never Do With Your Knives
Avoid these common kitchen knife mistakes to keep you safe, your blades sharp, and to avoid rust.
Never Pry
While it may be tempting when your knives are within reach, avoid using your knives to pry, stab, or poke into objects. Doing this can bre...
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How To Safely Clean Your Kitchen Knives
From washing to drying, take good care of your knife set with these easy cleaning tips to keep you and your kitchen knives safe.
Avoid the dishwasher
Tossing your knives into the wash with the rest of your dirty dishes can be tempting, but the da...
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The 6 Best Knife Storage Ideas
How to make knives last a lifetime
Ever wondered how to make knives last a lifetime? Correct storage is one of our top tips to makes sure those blades stay sharp as long as possible, especially after you just had them sharpened by us.
The below k...
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Sharpening Serrated Knives
Can Serrated Knives Be Sharpened?
The lowdown: Yes, serrated knives can be sharpened, we sharpen them on a daily basis, but there are some exceptions.
What is a serrated knife?
Serrated knives are those that have little ‘teeth’ in their blade. The...
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Travelling with knives
If you are as fond as we are of our knives, the thought of travelling with them might have crossed your mind. Because what is more frustrating than renting a holiday home and being stuck with a drawer of blunt blades of questionable origin? Or arr...
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Are Cheap Knives Worth Sharpening?
One of the questions we get a lot is if it is worth sharpening cheap knives. It is a common misconception that cheaper knives aren’t worth it - often, the only thing that sets them apart from better knives is a small but important detail:
Professi...
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How To Use A Honing Steel
Why you should use a honing steel
A honing steel (or rod) will help keep your knives sharp and well aligned in between professional sharpening treatments. Honing doesn’t replace professional sharpening - but it will prolong the sharpness of the cu...
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How To Maintain Your Knives
SHARPENING
Depending on how much you use your knives, they need professional sharpening every 6 to 12 months. A professional knife smith will determine the correct angle for your knife’s beveled edge. They will reinstate its original angle by taki...
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