If you buy a knife set, changes are good that it included a metal honing rod. An expert outlines what it's actually meant to ...

This super steel is so hot right now — and so are the top-notch blades from a variety of brands carrying the key ingredient.

Questions of metallurgical metaphysics come up easily in conversation with the knife lovers at Northside Cutlery, a kitchen supply and sharpening shop in the North Center neighborhood founded by ...