If you apply too much pressure to the side of the blade it could easily snap.
How to sharpen a kyocera ceramic knife.
A while back i received a question that asked about the best way to sharpen stainless steel knives a common problem especially considering how much easier it is to sharpen carbon steel than stainless steel well it seems a lot of you benefited from that article and as a result i thought it d be a good idea to do a very similar article detailing how one can sharpen ceramic blade knives.
The problem with sharpening ceramic knives is that ceramic blades are very brittle.
One knife even broke when we put the holder on the blade to start the test.
The good news is that ceramic knives don t need to be sharpened as often as steel knives.
Ceramic has a hardness of 9 5 as opposed to steel with a hardness of 6 5.
With an sb stone you can easily grind forever ceramic knives to repair set completely new edge bevels while the same stone takes a lot more time on kyocera knives.
You can return the ceramic knife to the manufacturer for sharpening although you may find this option inconvenient.
I discuss what challenges can occur.
The cheap ceramic knives do not come close to the kyocera knives.
What s tricky with sharpening a ceramic knife is that you can t use traditional knife sharpening materials made for steel knives such as oilstones as these are not hard enough to sharpen ceramic knives.
Kyocera electric diamond knife sharpener for ceramic knives.
The bad news is that it s very difficult and or expensive to do so.
The difference between the cheap ceramic knives and kyocera is not just the price and sharpness but also lies in the quality of the material.
Even the two best edge takers holders among ceramic knives i ve encountered thus far forever and kyocera differ quite a bit.
Check the re sharpening service page.
You need a professional or a very fine diamond sharpener if you want to sharpen a ceramic knife in particular.
This video is less of a how to and more of and explanatory video on if it is possible to sharpen ceramic knives at home.
The diamond grinding wheel can remove ceramic chips up to 5mm deep refreshing a dull ceramic blade back to a smooth sharp edge.