Man engraving the owner's initials on a knife that has been bought in a market in Kyoto, Japan

Man engraving the owner's initials on a knife that has been bought in a market in Kyoto, Japan in March 2015

Knives for sale in a market in Kyoto, Japan

Knives for sale in a market in Kyoto, Japan in March 2015

Cheese for sale in a market in Istanbul, Turkey

Cheese for sale in a market in Istanbul, Turkey in January 2014

Sign in front of a sushi restaurant in Wellington, New Zealand. A samurai attacking the fish with a huge knife

Sign in front of a sushi restaurant in Wellington, New Zealand in January 2017. A samurai attacking the fish with a huge knife

A meat chopping board in a market in Trang, Thailand

A meat chopping board in a market in Trang, Thailand in May 2016

Thai women in a kitchen in Canberra

Thai women in a kitchen in Canberra in August 2013

Breakfast in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Breakfast in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in September 2012

Statues in Prague

Statues at the Prague Castle in Prague, Czech Republic in February 2014

Old crockery and cutlery

Crockery and cutlery in the gaol in Richmond, Tasmania in May 2013

Fruit for sale

Fruit for sale in Silom, Bangkok, in December 2009

Street butcher

Butcher tying up meat in Hanoi, Vietnam in January 2012.

Chopping board

A cleaver and a chopping block at a market on Sunambin Road in Chiang Rai, Thailand in December 2009

Knife sharpening class

Knife sharpening class - $20 - sign in Melbourne, Australia in September 2010

Meat cleaver

A cleaver and a chopping board caked with fat and grease on Hee Dan street in Yangon, Burma in August 2010

Cutting cabbages at a market

Cutting cabbages at a market on Kyee Myindaing Kanner Road in Yangon, Burma in August 2010

Cutting up a mango

Girl cutting up a mango in Krabi, Thailand in March 2010

Big fish

Cutting up fish in Bangkok, Thailand in December 2009. Really big ones!

Cutting fruit

Woman cutting a pineapple at her street stall on Anawrahta street in Yangon, Burma in August 2010.

Monk chatting to a woman

Monks chatting to a woman and having their picture taken at the Wat Phra That Doi Kong Mu temple in Mae Hong Son in northern Thailand in December 2009

Whittling monk

Monk at the Wat Phra That Doi Kong Mu temple in Mae Hong Son in northern Thailand in December 2009