Originating in Miki, Hyōgo Prefecture before the turn of the century, the higonokami friction folder packs plenty of history.

The final piece of the puzzle is the assembly room. The Virobloc, the locking ring Marcel Opinel invented and patented in ...

DEAR HELOISE: I had a friend over for dinner and she commented about my new steak knives. I was rinsing the dishes and loading the dishwasher. She told me not to put the knives in the dishwasher. She ...

There’s a fair amount of variation in steak knives: the material and shape of the handle, a serrated or straight blade (or some combination of the two), a longer or shorter blade, the overall design.

These knives are just incredible to look at, with a mirror-shiny finish, hand-hammered dimpled tsuchime texture to prevent sticking, and Damascus steel–style swirling pattern along the edge. The ...