What knife skills do you practice?

[dogstar]

My knife is idle and it longs to play. Ideas?

 

[kgd]

I don't really use my knives unless I'm using them for something You can sharpen them, or play with carving and whittling. I tend to whittle when sitting by the campfire waiting for sleep to creep up on me.

 

[Skimo]

Start carving a chair.

 

[KEmSAT-Survival]

Carve a spoon. That seems to be pretty popular.

 

[TheGame]

I am out chopping downed trees up a bit. Also baton the wood for bonfires in the winter. Carving is usually done on days I can't, or don't feel like being outside. (Very hot, severe thunderstorms) I am not sure I'd consider that practicing, but I am using my knives.

 

[WILLIAM.M]

here are some everyone needs to know

http://www.cooksillustrated.com/images/document/howto/JF96_ISknifetechniques.pdf

 

[Triq]

Start carving a chair.

Fro ma single piece of spalted maple

 

[silenthunterstudios]

Sharpening, or learning to sharpen steels either than simple carbon steels. A lot of opening boxes of new knives. Surprisingly, the most I've done with a knife has been with my Victorinox Farmer, Case peanut and Gossman PSK.

 

[dogstar]

Carve a spoon. That seems to be pretty popular.

I've done 2 spoons so far. I actually use one a lot in the kitchen for serving rice and cooking with non-stick cookware.

Sharpening, or learning to sharpen steels either than simple carbon steels. A lot of opening boxes of new knives. Surprisingly, the most I've done with a knife has been with my Victorinox Farmer, Case peanut and Gossman PSK.

Yeah, I can't get my SS blades to be as sharp as the carbon ones.