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Vivront’s founder Joseph Rueter joins the Shop Girls podcast to introduce SHARPOW — a new knife sharpening kit that makes professional-quality sharpening as easy as dropping a box in the mail.

Join us July 21 for an evening with award-winning knifemaker Mareko Maumasi. A live conversation, knife care tips, and light bites in the shop.

Start with a few or just one you really like Buying a full knife set before using any of them is a little like golf clubs without swinging a single one—or ski boots without molding them to your feet. Doesn’t matter how nice they are, if they don’t fit, you’re not going to love using them. That’s how most people end up with drawers full of kitchen knives they don’t use. Someone gave them as a gift. Or they came in a set. Or were on sale. Most of us don't feel ownership over our kitchen knives.  At Vivront, there’s...

Replacing the Handle, Not the History You didn’t pick your kitchen knives. Maybe they were a gift. A hand-me-down. Or the best your mom found on sale in 2001. You’ve used them for years. They’re familiar. Functional. But are they really yours? What if, instead of buying a whole new knife, you just modified it?  Welcome to the very overlooked art of knife customization. What is kitchen knife customization?  Edges can be rounded, often at the top on the spine or at the back near the heel of the knife. Handles can be tweaked. Knives can be shortened and profiles...