Knife & Knife Accessories | Kitchen Knives, Sharpeners & Tools

If you're setting up a kitchen from scratch, a kitchen knife set is better value and covers everything at once - typically a chef knife, bread knife, utility knife and paring knife, sometimes with a carving knife included.

Kitchen knife set prices in Pakistan vary depending on the number of pieces and blade quality, so check what's included before comparing prices.

If you already own some knives and only need to fill a gap, buy individually. There's no point paying for blades you already have.

You need a sharpener and a proper storage solution. Everything else depends on how you cook.

1. A knife sharpener is non-negotiable - even a razor-sharp blade dulls within two to three months of daily use. A manual pull-through sharpener handles regular blade maintenance in under a minute with no skill required. For blade restoration on a very dull or neglected knife, a multi-stage sharpener with tungsten carbide and ceramic slots does a far more thorough job and the edge lasts longer after sharpening.
   
2. For storage, a knife block or magnetic strip keeps blades protected and edges intact between uses. Storing knives loose in a drawer damages the blade edge every time they knock against other utensils - and is a safety risk.
   
3. Knife guards and blade covers are worth adding if you store knives in a drawer.
   
4. A good cutting board - wood, plastic or stainless steel, never glass or marble, protects the blade during use and is the single most underrated kitchen essential most people overlook.

If your knife slides off a tomato skin, tears through onions instead of slicing cleanly, or needs noticeably more pressure than it used to - it needs sharpening, not replacing.

A good knife with proper blade maintenance lasts years. If the blade has visible chips, the spine is bent, or the handle has come loose from the tang, that's when replacement makes more sense than another sharpening session.

Yes, significantly. Glass and marble boards look clean but damage blade edges after just a few uses - the steel hits a surface harder than itself and the edge folds.

Wood and plastic boards have slight give, which protects the blade alignment and keeps edges sharper for longer between sharpening sessions.

For daily food preparation, wood, plastic or stainless steel is always the right choice. It's one of the simplest ways to extend the life of every knife you own.

A 2-stage sharpener has two slots - one coarse, one fine - and works well for knives that are only slightly dull and regularly maintained. A 4-stage sharpener works progressively: tungsten carbide slots first to reshape a badly worn blade edge, ceramic slots last to refine, align, and polish the edge to a razor-sharp finish.

Our knife sharpener prices in Pakistan start from Rs. 449 for a manual pull-through - enough for most home kitchens. If your knives haven't been sharpened in months, the 4-stage gives a result closer to professional blade sharpening.

Look for four things.

1. Full tang - the blade steel should run the full length of the handle. Full tang knives have better balance, better edge retention, and last significantly longer than partial tang blades.
2. Riveted handle - fastened with metal rivets, not glued.
3. Blade thickness and spine - a blade that's too thin bends under pressure, too thick and it feels clumsy and tiring to use.
4. Forged versus stamped - a forged blade is cut from a single piece of steel and is generally stronger and better balanced than a stamped blade punched from a sheet.

Product descriptions will usually mention these. If they don't, that's itself a signal about the quality.