Ceramic blades?

Quiet Storm

Quiet Storm

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I know ceramic blades are extremely brittle, but due to their incredible edge holding capabilities plus the total corrosion resistance they caught my attention.

I know there are a couple of Böker knives with ceramic blades, but I´m interested in hearing about other productions with ceramic blades.

Any information greatly appreciated.
 
Kyocera makes ceramic kitchen knives.
Other than that Mad Dog knives(Kevin McClung) makes some great tactical knives using ceramic blades.
Look at www.mdenterprise.com
 
I read an article that Mad Dog Knives makes a great ceramic blade using a technique they devised. But the article alluded that they do this only for military or such personnel, not the regular civilian folks.
 
Really? that makes me sad, i liked mad dog knives but will not be making any more purchases of their knives if that is true. I refuse to do business with people that will not sell to civillians if it is perfectly legal for civvy use and carry :(
 
You might also want to consider a Talonite bladed knife. Won't rust or corrode. Edge holding is not as impressive as ceramic but it is very easy to re-sharpen. I carry a Camillus Mini-Talon around my neck everyday. Also one "oops" doesn't cost you a very expensive knife.
 
I haven't had any experience with any of the other brands mentioned, but I do own a Boker Gamma 88 (I think that’s the model #, it’s the smallest one they make) and have had it for about 2 years or so and have had no problems with it. I bought it originally because I wanted to see what ceramic was like and I found one for $40. To be honest I haven’t cut much with it, I took the recommendations about not over using it to heart. I have stuck to paper, rope and some fishing line and of course some of my arm hair. You can sit and cut strips of paper all night long if you want, hemp rope (a natural fibrous rope, not synthetic, it might not be actual hemp) will fall apart when it sees it coming and it’s best use is for fishing line (that whole non-corrosive thing).

If you are wanting a new knife and have been looking at ceramic it’s probably not going to be the best EDC, but it can make a good knife that has it’s uses. Mine has become my little pocketknife when fishing around salt water.
 
I know Kyocera makes Bokers' ceramic kitchen knives and I'm pretty sure that they also make all of their other ceramics. The Orions make a fairly good small EDC (I've owned a couple), the only problem is their lack of a detent and depending on what your cutting the possibility of chipping an edge.
 
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