New Atlas

Elegant timber knife wouldn't cut it in the kitchen, wood it?

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 ...
The Independent

Sustainable wooden knife cuts through steak ‘easily’ and is three times sharper than ...

A blade carved from wood cuts through steak like butter and is around three times sharper than a stainless-steel dinner knife. It is made using a new hardening process which makes wood 23 times ...
Ars Technica

Watch this wooden knife cut effortlessly through juicy, medium-well-done steak

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 ...
NPR

Scientists made a wooden steak knife that's 3 times sharper than a steel blade

Researchers have hardened wood and fashioned a knife out of it. It's three times sharper than steel and can slice through steak, and could be a sustainable alternative. All right. This next story ...