do you use your guiding hand as a claw and guide the knife when using a petty knife or pairing knife or other small knife on the board ?
i do that only with a big knife like the chefs knife or a cleaver , with small knives i keep my claw behind the knife and do not make contact becaus the knife...
hello, for all who know about hinoki cutting boards i have a few questions as i just got a new one.
1. Are you supposed to cut alongside the grain/lines or does it not matter? I feel the grain going vertically so should i rotate my board that way and cut alongside it?
2. my instructions are in...
So im looking at this hi-soft cutting board from Tenryo, but I have heard some differing opinions on peoples favorites. I know there are hasegawas, asahi, and some others... thoughts on this board, or hi soft in general?