Ceramic Cutting Knives

Also known as zirconia.

Ceramic cutting knives.

You still may not want to substitute them for knives that need to bend and flex a bit like a boning knife. Knife handles have evolved as well. A ceramic knife should not and will not replace a chef s knife says erkkinen. 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.

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. Next to that we have also tested ceramic knives from other manufacturers. However remember that ceramic knives are quite hard and that means they generally aren t very flexible. Later handles were made of steel or wood.

They re great for certain things. Ceramic kitchen knives are an exclusively fixed blade alternative to the standard steel kitchen knife. Our premium product is the kyocera advanced ceramics 3 piece knife set. In the set are a 6 inch chef s knife a 5 inch serrated tomato knife and a 3 inch paring knife.

Most early knives barely had handles while some had their dull end wrapped in animal skin or some other protective material. A ceramic knife is a knife designed with a ceramic blade typically made from zirconium dioxide zro 2. At over 50 it s a lot of money for three knives but the quality is well worth the extra money.