Abrasion resistant steels and ceramic knives are now an established part of the knife and tool world, and this requires diamonds in order sharpen them effectively. That’s why we are proud to
Category: Kitchen Cutlery (Western and Asian)
Posts about sharpening different types of kitchen knives, both Western and Asian styles.
Jende Ceramic Sharpening Steels: Built for Everyday Use
Ask anyone who owns a traditional ceramic sharpening steel, and chances are they’ll handle it with extra care. Many ceramic rods have a reputation for breaking if they’re dropped or acc
Celebrity Chef Kevin Gillespie Reviews the Jende Custom Leather Knife Roll
We were honored to receive a wonderful review of our Custom Leather Chef Knife Roll from Chef Kevin Gillespie. Chef Gillespie is the owner of Gunshow in Atlanta, Georgia, and is widely recognized f
Meeting One of the Last Traveling Knife Sharpeners
Today I came across something you don’t see very often anymore a traveling knife sharpener working from a modified motorcycle. It felt like stepping back in time. Instead of a shop or a van f
Discover Premium Japanese Kitchen Knives at Jende Industries
We’ve been slowly adding to our knife line, and have recently added several Japanese knives, including some Gyutos, Santokus, Yanagis, Debas, and Tacobikis. These are all high quality blades,
Diamond Bars by Ken Schwartz – For Buffers
We’re happy to announce that we now have Diamond Bars from Ken Schwartz! These specially formulated diamond bars are packed full of diamond abrasive, making them very fast, and very consisten
The Magic Flute and Knives – Mozart’s Opera Masterpiece Made Better by Jende
One of the first operas I ever performed was Mozart’s The Magic Flute during my first year of college. It remains memorable because I played second clarinet alongside my instructor, Roger McK
We made it into a Murray Carter Video!!!
Murray Carter of Carter Cutlery, an ABS Master Bladesmith and 17th Generation Yoshimoto Bladesmith, recently made a video that included a couple of my microscope pictures! (@ around 12:00) 😀 I
3 Shaving Videos with 3 Different Maestro Wu Cleavers – OMG!
Warning – In all seriousness, please do not attempt to do this without a mastery of the proper wet shaving techniques – it is extremely dangerous. The people in the following videos are
Wicked Edge (WEPS) Shapton Video with Clay Alison
This video was published by Clay Alison of Wicked Edge, makers of the Wicked Edge Precision Sharpener (WEPS) . He used the prototype Shapton Pro WEPS stones on the Richmond Addict. I got an email f