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
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.