Even amateur home cooks know that there can be a significant difference in performance from one knife to another. This can be ...

Does the steel your knife blade is made from really matter, or is it mostly marketing so companies can help you lighten your wallet? The answer is… Yes. Yes, knife steel is important, and yes, there ...

Finding the right knife steel for any given application, from chef’s tools to surgical knives to shaving heads, comes down to balancing out performance requirements. The three main areas of ...

A hammering reverberates through the green fields of Ibaraki Prefecture’s countryside. Inside the spartan workshop at Isamitsu Knives, a blade, glowing red from heat, is being pounded into shape. The ...

Editor’s Note: This article was originally published in Gear Patrol Magazine Issue 18 in the Summer of 2022. Over the past decade, Quintin Middleton has become a name synonymous with handmade culinary ...