Consumer Reports has no financial relationship with advertisers on this site. If there’s a knife block set on your counter, congrats—you’re officially an adult. But have you ever used the honing steel ...

Although a serrated knife needs to be sharpened less often than a straight-edge one, it still requires care to work ...

Keep your knives on the cutting edge with regular honing and sharpening. A sharp knife is the most important tool in your kitchen and can make meal prep easier, faster, and safer. But do you know how ...

Which honing rods are best? While there are lots of great kitchen tools that can help with any task imaginable, knives are still the backbone of every cook’s toolkit. It makes sense that keeping your ...

In addition to being safer, sharp tools also help you up your culinary game, whether you're butterflying chicken breasts or assembling a mirepoix for a stew. "Keeping the knife sharp will improve your ...