Pocket Knives | Northwestern Cutlery

When cutting a tomato, have you ever smashed it? Have you cried when cutting an onion? These problems are caused not by the food but by a blunt knife. A blunt knife adds extra force to the cut surface, and the food cells collapse. For food, such as an...

I get so many questions about knife sharpening that I think it’s time to share the most common ones and to also offer tips and answer any questions I can. I have 28 years of knife sharpening experience so hopefully we can all learn something.

We will use this space to post new additions to the store. Not always sold on line right away, but availiable in the store.

In the comming days and weeks I would like to begin sharing some things I’ve learned from the past 28 years sharpening knives.
Many of our customers are either new to the cooking business fresh out of culinary school or home cooks interested in maintaining there own knives. Although we do our fair share of knife sharpening for our customers, we encourage them to learn to the...