Commerce

Buying guides and the shops behind them — kitchen, power, outdoors, music, style.

Knives

Steel, edges and the boards they meet.

• Shun Shelf — Which Shun to buy first — settled in a minute (guide)
• Tojiro Bench — The value Japanese gyuto — without the guesswork (guide)
• Grit & Edge — Pick the right whetstone in 60 seconds (guide)
• Mise Kit — Decode your culinary school kit list (guide)
• Board Kind — The cutting board your knives will thank you for (guide)

Cookware

Pans, iron and heat — the hot side of the kitchen.

• Dogu House — Which Japanese kitchen tool do you actually need? (guide)
• Blue Steel Pans — The carbon-steel pan picker — sticking solved (guide)
• Season & Keep — Keep cast iron for life — the care kit (guide)
• Coil Check — Will your pans work on induction? Check in 60 seconds (guide)

Style

A watch with a job. Boots with a second life.

• Field Hours — Field watches, decoded (guide)
• Re-Sole — Boots you can re-sole, not replace (guide)

Home & yard

Mow without pushing. Keep the lights on.

• Lawnwise — Will a robot mower fit your yard? Measure first (guide)
• Wattwise — Size a power station before you buy one (guide)

Appliances

Rice and coffee, done properly.

• Kome Lab — Find the rice cooker that fits your table (guide)
• Burr Bureau — Match the grinder to the brew — not the other way round (guide)

Music

A first keyboard worth practising on.

• First Keys — The adult beginner piano checklist (guide)

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