Ceramic Cutting Knives

However remember that ceramic knives are quite hard and that means they generally aren t very flexible.

Ceramic cutting knives.

Later handles were made of steel or wood. Our premium product is the kyocera advanced ceramics 3 piece knife set. Knife handles have evolved as well. Also known as zirconia.

At over 50 it s a lot of money for three knives but the quality is well worth the extra money. They re great for certain things. To compare the ceramic knives we have used steel chef s knives from kai wüsthof robert herder and our own eden kanso aogami. Most early knives barely had handles while some had their dull end wrapped in animal skin or some other protective material.

These knife blades are usually produced through the dry pressing and firing of powdered zirconia using solid state sintering. Nothing cuts through cold butter like a ceramic knife it s like cutting through hot butter hiroshi shima executive sushi chef at sushi roku in los angeles ca adds they are great for bartenders. You still may not want to substitute them for knives that need to bend and flex a bit like a boning knife. Ceramic kitchen knives are an exclusively fixed blade alternative to the standard steel kitchen knife.

A ceramic knife should not and will not replace a chef s knife says erkkinen. The knives we have tested for this test we have used ceramic knives by kyocera who are the biggest player in the market for ceramic knives. A ceramic chef s knife can act as an all purpose blade performing the duties of everything from a paring knife to a carving knife.