Ceramic Cutting Knives

A ceramic knife should not and will not replace a chef s knife says erkkinen.

Ceramic cutting knives.

However remember that ceramic knives are quite hard and that means they generally aren t very flexible. Knife handles have evolved as well. To compare the ceramic knives we have used steel chef s knives from kai wüsthof robert herder and our own eden kanso aogami. 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.

Most early knives barely had handles while some had their dull end wrapped in animal skin or some other protective material. Our premium product is the kyocera advanced ceramics 3 piece knife set. 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. You still may not want to substitute them for knives that need to bend and flex a bit like a boning knife.

Also known as zirconia. These knife blades are usually produced through the dry pressing and firing of powdered zirconia using solid state sintering. At over 50 it s a lot of money for three knives but the quality is well worth the extra money. A ceramic knife is a knife designed with a ceramic blade typically made from zirconium dioxide zro 2.

Ceramic kitchen knives are an exclusively fixed blade alternative to the standard steel kitchen knife. In the set are a 6 inch chef s knife a 5 inch serrated tomato knife and a 3 inch paring knife. Next to that we have also tested ceramic knives from other manufacturers.