Veggies a day in advance? Bizarre. Maybe on a catering job for 500+, but the better caterers wouldn’t even do it then.
Otherwise, keep it sharp, keep it clean, and keep the handle dry. If the knife tends to slip in your hand with the slightest bit of moisture on the handle - get rid of it. If other people are in the kitchen, hold it buy the blade, pointed down, if you HAVE to walk with it but those times should be beyond rare in the home kitchen – fireable offense in some pro kitchens. You’ll get chewed out at a minimum unless the circumstances are very unusual.
