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 ...

About three years ago, I got serious about my kitchen tools. I’m not a professional chef, but I spend enough time in the kitchen cooking that I want to be intentional about what I’m using. My focus is ...

The task of choosing a favorite knife is almost entirely subjective. There’s certainly something to be said for materials, use cases and build quality, but at the end of the day, you just know your ...

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The only knife you really need is shaped like a torpedo. It is 100 percent stainless steel, unspoiled by even a particle of plastic, but still made for just about any kitchen, anywhere. After ...

Any avid Outside reader should have The Ten Essentials etched into their memory. The venerable list of items that every hiker should take with them into the backcountry pays equal weight to insulation ...

Knives. The basic concept behind them—slicing, dicing—hasn’t really changed much since the caveman or whichever hominid invented the idea of putting something sharp on a stick. But the technology sure ...

To sharpen an auger bit, you need a specialized auger-bit file. Hold the auger bit upright in a vise, then file the bit’s lip with the file’s edge [1]. Turn the auger bit in the vise and sharpen the ...