Learn how to tell if your scissors are dull or damaged—and the simple sharpening techniques that can bring them back to life.

Keep your knives on the cutting edge with regular honing and sharpening.

Vincent Lau’s job is to restore and maintain the blades of hundreds of clients a week. At Korin, the Japanese knife and kitchenware emporium where Lau does his work, you won’t find him using some ...