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A beautiful wooden cutting board can last for years, provided you maintain it properly. But how exactly do you maintain a wooden cutting board? In this article you can read everything you need to know about maintaining your wooden cutting board. Why a wooden cutting board? Why buy a wooden cutting board if you have to clean it thoroughly on a regular basis? After all, you can just throw a plastic cutting board in the dishwasher. A wooden cutting board has a very nice feature, namely the material: wood. When you cut on a cutting board, grooves are created in...

You use a sharpening steel to make a very sharp knife a little bit sharper. If you use a knife regularly, very small burrs will appear that cannot be seen with the naked eye. These burrs stick out a little bit, making the knife blunter. A sharpening steel ensures that these burrs are 'pushed straight' again. When using a sharpening steel, your knife hardly wears out, if at all. This means that you can use a sharpening steel regularly without your knife wearing out quickly. Below you can read how to use a sharpening steel step by step. 1. Determine...

Eating a lot of vegetables also means cutting a lot of vegetables and that can sometimes take a lot of time. In this article we explain various basic cutting techniques, so you can cut delicious vegetables super fast for your healthy meals.

Japanese knives are very popular and come in many shapes, sizes and types. In this article we take a look at the most popular Japanese knives from our range. It is not surprising that Japanese knives are so popular. Japanese kitchen knives are considered to be the best kitchen knives available. Due to the extremely hard type of steel, a Japanese knife can be sharpened at a sharper angle than a European knife. The knife is therefore much sharper and stays sharp longer. Contents Santoku Nakiri Gyuto Kiritsuke Yanagiba Sujihiki Continue reading below to learn more about the different types...

Damascus steel is a type of steel that consists of several layers of steel that are forged on top of each other. The folded steel can be recognized by its wavy patterns. Damascus steel is also called damask, damascene steel, damask steel or damask steel. Damascus knives The steel for Damascus knives originally comes from India and was shipped to the Middle East. Damascus knives and swords were forged from the imported steel from India in the city of Damascus. After that, Damascene merchants traded these Damascus knives and swords in Europe, which is why Damascus steel has become known...