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    ASK COOK’S COUNTRY

    Jan 11, 2019 4 minutes
    Compiled by Morgan Bolling and Cecelia Jenkins

    Knife Angles

    When I got my knives sharpened at my hardware store, they asked me what angles I wanted the blades sharpened to. What does this mean?

    –Beth Balter, Somerville, Mass.

    Traditionally, there were two styles of chef’s knives: European/American and Asian. The blades of Western knives were manufactured with 20-degree angles, while Asian knives were made with narrower 15-degree angles. But in recent years, the trend toward slimmer blade construction has spread west; many European and American knife manufacturers now offer knives with blades sharpened to 15 degrees. In a recent testing, our top three favorite knives were sharpened to 15 degrees,

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