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Kyocera Adv. Ceramics Paring Knife

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These Kyocera Ergonomic Series knives offer a new way to cook. The ceramic blades are half the weight of steel and are chemically inert, for a cleaner & healthier kitchen. They're moisture-resistant, tightly riveted in 3 places and retain their sharpness 10 times longer than standard steel knives.

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Product Details

Product Length:	10.0 inches
Product Width:	2.5 inches
Product Height:	1.0 inches
Product Weight:	0.22 pounds
Package Length:	10.2 inches
Package Width:	2.6 inches
Package Height:	1.1 inches
Package Weight:	0.25 pounds
Average Customer Rating:	based on 13 reviews

Features

Kyocera Ergonomic Series knives
Ceramic blades are half the weight of steel and are chemically inert
Moisture-resistant
Tightly riveted in 3 places
Retain their sharpness 10 times longer than standard steel knives

Customer Reviews

Average Customer Review: 4.5

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How to Choose a Ceramic Paring Knife II May 10, 2010
The fact that you are even reading this suggests that you already know the arguments in favor of ceramic knives. Ceramic knives are harder than steel knives, can be made much sharper than steel knives, hold their edge ten times longer than steel knives, are lighter than steel knives, won't brown foods, transfer a metallic taste or smell, or rust.

You probably also know the disadvantages of ceramic knives. Unlike steel knives ceramic knives can chip or break so you want to avoid dropping them, tossing them in a sink or kitchen drawer, or arguably even washing them in a dishwasher. (Most ceramic knives come in fitted plastic packing material that can be saved, or you can store them in something like this Kyocera Bamboo 3-Slot Knife Block.) If you actually succeed in dulling a ceramic knife, it will need to be professionally sharpened, though Kyocera is working on an electronic diamond knife sharpener for home use. Unlike steel knives ceramic knives cannot flex without breaking so there can be no such thing as a ceramic boning knife, and you only want to use ceramic knives to cut boneless meats. Finally, although using a proper cutting board is a good idea with fine steel knives, it is an absolute requirement with ceramic knives; using a ceramic knife to cut something on a plate is an absolute no-no.

So the only remaining question is whether to go cheap: Harbor Freight Tools Ceramic 3 Inch Paring Knife or expensive: Kyocera Revolution Series Ceramic 3 1/7 Inch Paring Knife Black Handle, and due to the fortuitous timing of a couple of good sales I can offer an opinion.

Blade: The Harbor Freight blade is double bevel ground while the Kyocera Revolution blade is chisel ground. Along with Kyocera's claims that its micro-grain ceramic is more dense than its competitors, this should result in a sharper blade, but any difference was too subtle for me to detect. Both knives will be MUCH sharper than any steel knife you are used to, cutting through citrus rinds (and even seeds!) like butter.

Handle: Both the Harbor Freight and Kyocera Revolution have superficially similar ergonomic handles, but I noted a couple of significant differences. In the Harbor Freight the finger guard is part of the handle while in the Kyocera Revolution it is part of the blade. Surprisingly, I found the Kyocera Revolution handle a bit slippery, which in light of the consequences of dropping it is significant. The tackier surface of the Harbor Freight handle provided me with a surer grip.

Color: The Kyocera Revolution paring knife is available in five other handle colors:
Kyocera Revolution Series Ceramic 3 1/7 Inch Paring Knife Blue Handle,
Kyocera Revolution Series Ceramic 3 1/7 Inch Paring Knife Green Handle,
Kyocera Revolution Series Ceramic 3 1/7 Inch Paring Knife Orange Handle,
Kyocera Revolution Series Ceramic 3 1/7 Inch Paring Knife Red Handle,
Kyocera Revolution Series Ceramic 3 1/7 Inch Paring Knife Yellow Handle,
and one other blade color:
Kyocera Revolution Series Ceramic 3 1/7 Inch Paring Knife Black Handle, Black Blade;
the Harbor Freight paring knife is available in any handle color,...

as long as it is black.

Sharpening: If you manage to dull your Kyocera Revolution knife, Kyocera will sharpen it in return for shipping and handling; if you manage to dull your Harbor Freight knife, you are on your own.

Price: This obviously varies but in most cases you can expect to pay between twice as much and four times as much for the Kyocera Revolution paring knife as for the Harbor Freight paring knife.

Note: An inexpensive Kyocera Ceramic Y Peeler in all of the matching handle colors, is also available.

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False promise Feb 02, 2010
Instructions for knife say make straight cuts on a cutting board. If this is your idea of a paring knife, you will be happy. If not, do not buy it.

1 of 1 found the following review helpful:

Wonderful when used as intended Apr 17, 2009
My sister in law purchased one of these for me as a gift. I LOVED this knife. It sliced through vegetables and cooked meats like butter. It washed well, and was one of my favorite kitchen items.

Then I sliced a pineapple with it. It did well on the downward motion, but I used a slight prying motion to separate the wedge I cut from the pineapple core. The knife snapped like plastic, and I was left holding a useless handle.

I will purchase another ceramic knife knowing that the only motion that it should see is straight cutting.

The joy of cooking starts with a good knife Apr 02, 2009
Light-weight, ergonomic, sharp as can be and easy to clean. DO use a wood-block holder so that the knife is kept from getting "hit" by other utensils. No, it doesn't stick to a magnetic knife holder. Caution: this knife is not your blunt forgiving steel knife of yore; make sure the whole household knows "you nick, you bleed!" Keep those fingers out of the way!

Great Product Jan 20, 2009
I'm extremely happy with this knife. It is amazingly sharp and light weight making it easy to use. It has been an adjustment to make sure I don't abuse it by twisting or cutting on an inappropriate surface, but the results are wonderful.