A good knife is like a good friend. When your friend gets dull, do you throw him in the trash and buy a new one? Nay sir, nay.

The Food Network’s Alton Brown explains proper knife knife care, and how to get the most bang out of your cutlery chums. The video also features some *very* dynamic camera blocking.

The clips comes to us courtesy of Dethroner, which is, btw, former Consumerist editor Joel Johnson’s latest blog project.

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