Ceramic paring knives are great for delicate tasks like peeling tomatoes or making super thin slices of vegetables for garnishes along with all of the typical paring tasks.
Making ceramic knives.
How to make a fine ceramic knife water raw powder and ceramic milling balls are fed into a mixer like device called a mill.
A ceramic knife is a knife designed with a ceramic blade typically made from zirconium dioxide zro 2.
Why ceramic knives are almost impossible to sharpen ever try to sharpen a ceramic knife.
These knife blades are usually produced through the dry pressing and firing of powdered zirconia using solid state sintering it is 8 5 on the mohs scale of mineral hardness compared to 4 5 for normal steel and 7 5 to 8 for hardened steel and 10 for diamond.
Also known as zirconia.
As a result you won t need much effort to slice and chop your food.
The process of making a kikusumi ceramic knife begins with the selection of sub nanometer zirconium oxide powder 4 which is 30 finer than the 2 powder inferior ceramic knives are made of zirconium is an advanced high tech ceramic material that is second only to diamond in hardness.
This piece is a bargain and comes with a handy sheath making it a good cooking knife for traveling.
Since there are fewer pores in this material there is less chance of bacteria and germs being retained on the knife.