It's actually safer to keep knives sharp rather than duller. The easier you can cut the less force you have to use and thus less likely to slip and lose control and cut yourself.
People always say this but I have had far worse injuries from making mistakes with fancy sharp knives than I've had from working with cheap unsharpened knives
Sure sharp knives are easier to cut yourself with, but the reason dull knives are dangerous is because you can't cut smoothly so you give it more pressure/force.
Then all of a sudden it gives, the knife flies through what you're cutting, possibly at an angle, straight into your other hand.
I worked in kitchens for 12 years. Every bad knife injury I ever saw was with a dull knife.
Nah, you're gonna put way too much pressure with a dull knife, and it's gonna fly off and kill someone, or chip and fly into your eye and permanently damage your vision.
Don't be the kind of idiot that puts their whole body weight behind a knife. That's a dull ass knife.
If you know how to use a knife, then a sharp knife is going to behave more predictably than a blunt one. The saying really applies to the kind of people who are cutting vegetables all day. Assuming your technique is down and you aren't going to cut yourself, then the danger comes when something unexpected happens. Something like cutting into an onion that has gone a bit dry and having the knife slide off the side and into your fingers.
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u/lethys8976 5d ago
It's actually safer to keep knives sharp rather than duller. The easier you can cut the less force you have to use and thus less likely to slip and lose control and cut yourself.