A good knife is the keystone of your kitchen tools. Without one, many if not most things simply won't get done. And if there's one knife to have, it's a trusty chef's knife. That's not to say that ...

Each kitchen knife serves a distinct purpose. Paring knives and boning knives are used to achieve very different ends, as are bread knives and steak knives. But beyond silhouette, the steel from which ...