Vanadium increases durability, hardness, and the ability to hold an edge, so it’s worth shouting out how much of it is in ...

“There definitely is a performance difference — it’s quantifiable,” says Martin Mills, who manages Benchmade’s technology center. The knife industry judges steel based on traits like corrosion ...

Does the steel your knife blade is made from really matter, or is it mostly marketing so companies can help you lighten your wallet? The answer is… Yes. Yes, knife steel is important, and yes, there ...

On a whim recently at Bed Bath & Beyond, I bought a cheap Cuisinart ceramic kitchen knife. The packaging said it was not only sharper than steel blades, but that it would retain its edge much longer.

Jackson Ryan was CNET's science editor, and a multiple award-winning one at that. Earlier, he'd been a scientist, but he realized he wasn't very happy sitting at a lab bench all day. Science writing, ...