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Steel, shapes and edges
Three short guides for anyone choosing a knife or looking after one, and the videos that show how a precision sharpener does its work.
Blade shapes explained
Eighteen blade shapes, from the everyday drop point to the karambit and the kukri's cousin the smatchet, with what each one is for.
The steels in our knives
N690, 1095 and 440C in Willie's knives, D2, CPM MagnaCut and LO-R 4528 to order, and PUMA's 1.4116, 440 and 3Cr13: what each one is and how to look after it.
The art of knife sharpening
Angle, apex and burr, what can go wrong, what cheap sharpeners do to a blade, and when we use the Wicked Edge or stones by hand.
Sharpening videos
Our own videos of knives being sharpened and made, and the Wicked Edge system explained by its makers and users.