It goes without saying that, while a great set of chef’s knives will serve you well in the kitchen, you’ll need a different sort of blade for non-culinary tasks like opening boxes and cutting rope.

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The readers of the November 1976 issue of Woman’s Day had a problem: No matter how well their kitchens were stocked, with appliances and cookbooks and finicky tools, something was missing. They didn’t ...

Function and performance should always be a cook’s first concerns when picking a set of chef’s knives, but if you assume that means style has to sit on the back burner, you clearly haven’t looked hard ...