Keep the knife-safety checks at your fingertips
Recall the core knife-safety checks for board stability, blade visibility, edge sharpness, and guide-hand position.
What is the first board-stability check? Think friction. The board must not slide before the first cut. Use a damp towel, non-slip mat, or heavier board; do not ask your guide hand to stabilize equipment. Board I am faster with this dull knife because I know it. A teammate resists swapping or honing a knife that crushes food. Your line If it is crushing, it is asking for force. Let us hone or swap it before force turns into a slip. Treating familiarity as safety. It ties the correction to observable crushing and force, not preference. Edge Flat fingertips vs.…
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