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Welcome to the Cutlery College; your source for kitchen knife information. In the cutlery college you can quickly learn all that you "need" to know about cutlery. After that, you can learn about maintenance, care, knife skills, and the fine details about cutlery and kitchen knives.

The cutlery guide has the information you'll need to make an informed buying decision. There's little fluff. It's straight and to the point. You can read the articles online, or register with us, and get the complete guide in an easy to read offline version. By registering with us, you will also get a periodic email from us with the latest news, specials, gift giving ideas, along with cooking tips and recipes!

In the Types of Knives section, you can read and visually see the variety of kitchen knives that are available, and their intended purpose. Be sure to read about the "Core 4" knives every kitchen needs to have.

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What's New in Kitchen Knives and Cutlery Trends
Thursday, 30 August 2012

Labor day 2012 is upon us and that makes it a great time to review cutlery brands, cutlery trends, and see what's new in kitchen knives. Cutlery makes excellent Christmas gifts and soon shoppers will be looking for innovative kitchen knives. It's fun to watch cutlery trends. While some brands are expanding their cutlery product lines, others are scaling back. New kitchen kn

Sunday, 20 June 2010

There are 4 kitchen knivesevery kitchen must have to be properly outfitted. With these 4 pieces of cutlery, any cook will be able to perform every task in the kitchen. There are other specialty knives that can do some tasks be

Santoku Knife
Sunday, 20 June 2010

Messermeister Mu Bamboo Santoku KnifeThe Santoku knife is a general-purpose kitchen knife originating in Japan. It is often used like a chef's knife without the rocking motion more suitable to the chef's knife. The Santoku knifehas an unbolstered blade, which is typically between 5 and 8 inches long, has a flat edge and a sheepsfoot blade that curves in an angle at the point. The top of the santoku's handle is in line with t

Chef Knife - Cook's Knife
Sunday, 20 June 2010

Mundial Olivier Chef KnifeThe chef's knife is one of the "core 4" kitchen knives every kitchen must have. This knife goes by the name of either a chef's knife or a cook's knife. No kitchen is complete without at least one of

Carving Knife - Slicing Knife

Dexter Russell Slicer KnifeThe most popular carving knife is the roast beef slicer, most often used to carve rounds, boneless roasts, boiled briskets, pot roasts, butt roasts, and st

Henckels Bread KnifeA bread knife is one of the "core 4" knives every kitchen must have. A bread knife is best used for fresh, crunchy breads, even cutting the birthday cake - the serrated edge does it

Boning KnifeBoning Knife blades vary in length from 4 inches to 8 inches. Boning knives are used by many cooks to get extra servings by boning out a roast when it is partially cooked. For

Wusthof Tomato KnifeThe tomato knife has a serrated edge and slices even the ripest tomato as thin as paper. Tomato kn

Mundial Olivier Utility KnifeThe utility knife is one of the 4 "Core Knives" to have.

A sharp 6” utility knife is most effic

Based on what I see in cutlery reviews and written in articles, there are 4 major misconceptions con