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Typically, when we see knives built for use in the kitchen, they're made out of metal or ceramic. Sometimes if you get food to go, you might get a knife that's made out of plastic. A group of ...

For thousands of years, any knife blade worth its salt has been forged from metal or steel, but Canadian design house Maison Milan has other ideas. It has crafted a wooden knife to carry out ...

Researchers at the University of Maryland (UMD) have figured out a simple, affordable method for creating natural wood materials that are 23 times harder than typical woods, according to a new paper ...

Our days of pointlessly pawing at a stubborn salad with flimsy plastic cutlery may be numbered, as researchers report the invention of a wood-hardening technique that can produce cutlery 23 times ...

It’s hard to cook efficiently without a good knife set — not to mention a sharpener to keep your tools at their best. But if you don’t own a set that’s housed in a knife block, you may wonder how to ...

It is made using a new hardening process which makes wood 23 times stronger than usual - and are better for the environment, according to experts behind the process from the University of Maryland.

February 4, 2012 Add as a preferred source on Google Add as a preferred source on Google If you break the handle on your favorite kitchen knife you will probably either look forward to shopping for a ...