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Sometimes it's better to leave some of the nicks in the blade instead of grinding so much knife away because the blade loses its taper if ground down too much. As a rule, I don't think the angle sh...

I really have a hard time around animals I know are doomed. I have been a vegetarian for 25 years. It's a little about health but mostly about my love for animals. I respect meat eaters who activel...

Knives are a personal thing. Buy one from a store that lets you hold it and see how it feels. I like the feel of a Global but it is light and some people don't like them. My favorite knife these da...

Richard Yates is my alltime favorite writer. That exerpt is a good example of his writing. There's never an unneeded word in his work. The Easter Parade is a good one too. Margery

Dumb name."Fresh and Easy" sounds like it should be a brand of sanitary napkin.

I would like to test the paring knife. Can't wait to get my hands on it and see how it twists around a tomato stem site. Being sharp isn't really a test of how good a knife is, it's how it holds th...

One person's garbage is another's treasure. You can bring them to me; I will sharpen them and donate them to a soup kitchen if they are halfway decent. I'm the Samurai Sharpener at the Chelsea Mark...