Cutlery is any item used in the preparation or eating of food in the western world—most of these items are usually referred to silverware, but increasingly, eating and serving utensils are not made of silver. Knives and cutlery are used in basically every single home in the United States, and by every person at some point or another—if not at every meal every single day. Americans have an intense and intimate relationship with their knives and cutlery, but they never really think of it in that way. Instead of thinking about it, people just use them, wash them, and after some time, chuck them out and replace them. But maybe it’s time to take a closer look at the knives and cutlery we use in our homes, our restaurants, our parties, our schools, our hotels, our luncheons, our showers, our weddings, our birthdays—in other words, our lives.