Ceramic Swivel Knife Blade Review

The late 90s brought a huge push for use of ceramic blade knives especially in the kitchen from companies like kyocera.

Ceramic swivel knife blade review.

There s a product that tandy sells called the keen edge sharpener. While a high quality ceramic knife won t set you back as much as a fully forged stainless steel knife they re not as cheap as a serrated never needs sharpening one. What a difference that made. The ceramic swivel knife blades are similar in shape to regular steel or ruby blades but have it s blade made from ceramic materials.

How to sharp a swivel knife. I have six or seven ranging from a 1 50 version from tandy back in about 1955 to a couple of 135 00 robert beards about ten years old now. Your swivel knife work is the foundation of your floral carving so if you re going to do it really nice you need a good sharp blade. I bit the bullet and bought the stohlman swivel knife and a set of tandy ceramic blades.

This knife from stone river gear guarantees that the super strong ceramic blade of this knife holds edge up to 12 times longer than steel. They i gave them a serious stropping. I even appreciate the white color as it helps with reflected light when doing. I ve heard of the ruby blades but i don t think anyone makes them any more.

I use a barry king swivel knife and his blades don t fit in this sharpener. The size of the knife is great for everyday use and the carbon fiber handle gives you great grip. Just got a barry king knife and blade knife is great blade is so so. The big advantage to using a ceramic swivel knife blade is that you will never have to sharpen it although a bit of frequent stropping on a piece of cardboard treated with jewelers rouge will go along way.

While marketing stresses a number of the advantages a ceramic blade knife can bring to the table pun intended there are a few very considerable disadvantages you should be made aware of before making the choice to switch over to using ceramic blades as a replacement for. I ve heard that ceramic blades are good but can crack easily if dropped. They are a treat to use. Tal your perfect swivel knife is fifty per cent luck and fifty percent fit and fifty percent blade choice.

If you don t have a nice polishing stone you can go down to your local auto parts store and pick up some 2000 grit bodywork sandpaper. It holds the swivel knife blade at the proper angle. Ceramic blades are not as difficult to get sharp as most think but they are a little tougher to work up then say a steel blade. The reason is that they ve got a smooth black ergonomic handle and they have a rough area near the blade to help you control the blade.

Expect to pay up to 100. There are only three knives a 6 inch chef knife a 4 inch utility knife and a 3 inch paring knife but they look at lot sleeker than most of the cheaper ceramic knives. Stone river gear carbon fiber handle ceramic folding pocket knife.