In this video i discuss and show why ceramic knives are super diffic.
Making ceramic knives.
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.
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.
Since there are fewer pores in this material there is less chance of bacteria and germs being retained on the knife.
Ceramic material is so much lighter than steel making ceramic knives lighter weight in comparison to steel 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.
Why ceramic knives are almost impossible to sharpen ever try to sharpen a ceramic knife.
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.
To create particles of uniform size with diameters of approximately one micrometer 1 µm or 0 001 mm raw materials are first mixed into a slurry a fluid of water and ceramic powder in which the particles are blended.