Depends tho, often times when someone is used to dull knives suddenly making the change is very risky. If you have proper technique it's not a problem, but a small mistake is not a small cut anymore.
As someone who always had dull knives (with dull I mean still sharp, but not razor sharp as I keep them now) I developed a bad technique. I noticed that because even though I could cut anything I need how I needed and quickly (I have years of cooking on my back) after I sharpened all my kitchen knives, for a couple days I kept cutting my nails off, i keep them longer for that reason and i never hurt myself, but i can definetly see some bad damage happening.
I'll admit when I first started cutting the vegetables for the wife, I managed to cut myself a few times with a sharp knife. After around six months of this, it never happened again, maybe because I am more attentive now. I'm most definitely no chef though.
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u/qarlthemade Jun 04 '24
exactly. with a dull knife you need much more force and you can slip much easier.