Given that these sharpeners are small enough to easily carry in a pocket or a pack, it just makes sense to keep one with you. I based my selections on the following criteria. Size: How big is the ...

Sometimes, my grandfather would take her knives out to the shed and use his big table-mounted grinder to sharpen them. I’d see sparks flying while he worked. In culinary school, I learned how to ...

The instructions show you how to hold the blades during sharpening for the best results. Another big plus with this sharpener is that it sharpens straight and serrated blades, which isn’t always ...

Throngs of people gathered Saturday in a scenic Minneapolis neighborhood for an annual ritual — the sharpening of a gigantic ...

MINNEAPOLIS — Residents will gather Saturday in a scenic Minneapolis neighborhood for an annual ritual — the sharpening of a gigantic No. 2 pencil. The 20-foot-tall (6-meter-tall) pencil was ...