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Last year I bought the cheapest ceramic knife they had at bed bath & beyond (I think it was $20 or so on sale). I do not regret my decision. I use it only for cutting vegetables, and with no care other than a quick rinse under the faucet after use, it still slices through tomatoes, lettuce, and onions with zero effort. I have never used it on anything resembling meat, and it has not chipped. I still have my nice chef's knife that I use for real chopping, but for the more delicate things I cut I love the ceramic knife.
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Stalizard posted:Enjoy it until you accidentally use it on a brick of grocery store cheese, and the blade separates from the handle entirely. After that, I recommend a proper metal knife. Like I said, I only use it on vegetables. It's very distinctive in comparison to my Chefs knife. If this one broke, I would go buy another. I used to hate slicing tomatoes, because I would have to hone my blade every time basically to get a nice thinly sliced tomato. Now I know I can cut my 1/16th" tomato slice every time with the knife straight out of the drawer.
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I did a very quick look through the thread, and didn't see a lot of love for ceramic knives. I have a single ceramic chef's knife that I use exclusively for fruits and vegetables, and I love it. It wasn't anything fancy, i think under $50 at bed bath and beyond but it is very nice knowing that I can pull it out of the drawer and it'll be sharp enough to effortlessly chop anything i put under it. I have never sharpened or honed the edge in the roughly 5 years that I have had it and it still goes right through a tomato, which has historically been my yardstick for when to hone my blade. I still keep a nice steel chef's knife handy for any meat products I have to cut. 1) I worry that washing my ceramic knife may damage it, not only from the lateral pressure on the blade but also from the temperature changes from hot to cold, but 2) I also worry that it will break if I hit a bone. Knowing those drawbacks, I heartily recommend a ceramic knife for everyone. It really is a great investment.
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Dec 29, 2014 04:46
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AVeryLargeRadish posted:BTW if you mean putting your ceramic knife in a dishwasher when you say "washing" then you shouldn't do that with any knife, a dishwasher will really damage handles and dull the hell out of the knife. I just use a sponge, warm water and some soap on my knives.
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