Thanks to their sharp, serrated blades, the best bread knives can cleanly saw through everything from chewy bagels and flaky pastries to thick-skinned fruits and soft tomatoes. After testing 11 ...

an electric knife can really come in handy. Featuring two serrated blades that saw back and forth, the best electric knives make quick, clean work of slicing through everything from tender roasts ...

The knife shown in the illustration was made from a hack saw blade % inch wide and about 1/16 inch thick. The blade part was ground off on an angle, as shown, and the handle was formed by bending ...

While you can sharpen a knife with nothing more than a coffee mug, saw blades are complex ... too complex for this apparently reasonable approach to blade sharpening. There are ways to sharpen ...