Ceramic Knives?

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Ray2199

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I know that companies like boker, kyocera, and others are making knives with ceramic blades. What I was wondering is if any custom makers are making these knives? Well Other than Mad Dog knives. And how difficult it was to work? I'd like to try and make a ceramic blade of my own. Any help is greatly appreciated.
Ray
 
alot of makers stay away from it, becuase ceramics are very brittle. it's used on very small knives, and may break still, i think if you used a certain super alloy, it would do fine, and wouldn't break it hit the ground.
 
Ceramic knives are suposed to stay sharp forever, Did I hear the word "HYPE".
What in the heck do you do with a dull
ceramic blade, cause you can't sharpen it without a major investment in equipment.
Also I have yet to see a ceramic that would not brake under impact.
 
No blade is ever perfect, but this is one that I'd like to make just for the heck of it. Would anyone know where I can get the ceramic from, the type that they use for blades?
 
your gonna need industial diamond tools to work with ceramics. trust me, they don't come cheap. if you want an edge that hold for a long time, try m-42 it's a cobalt steel. i'm plan to buy some in january or a little after that, but it would be great to have another maker trying the stuff. the company that i talked to could only get in in 3/16" at the thinnest, so plan a knife blade that can use stuff that thick. gary b. can heat treat it for you. you can also go with talonite, from rob simonich. it's a cobalt chromium tungsten alloy, prehardened.
 
i can highly recommend talonite, i have 3 knives with talonite blade so far and will get another one soon... it holds an edge much longer than a steel blade and it won't rust
 
Actually I already have a talonite blade. It's a great steel, but like I said earlier the ceramic blade idea was just something to try and do for fun.
 
I would also like to make a ceramic blade. I did a serch severial months ago and found nothing. I do know Coors ceramic in Golden Co. have made some but they most likely wont shair the info with you. Let me know if you get some info.
 
I believe Kyocera will make ceramic blades to spec, and possibly sell ceramic blanks -- check their website at www.kyocera.com

There are only a few co's who offer ceramic blades. Actually, Boker and Puma's blades are made by Kyocera. Other than Kyocera, the only maker I know of is Mad Dog Knives (who makes primarily "tactical" designs out of it). None of them (to my knowledge) claim that the blades stay sharp "forever." They do all say that they'll keep an edge far longer than any steel blade, which is true.

Also, they are much more brittle than steel, but they're also not as fragile as many fear. I've yet to hear of any of the thin kitchen knives breaking simply by dropping one on the floor, contrary to popular view. (And yes, I asked specifically here and at Knifeforum before buying.) In the kitchen especially, ceramic offers more virtues than lasting edge retention.

And as Cliff notes, ceramic can be sharpened w/diamond (super-fine is best).

Glen
 
Ray,
On page 139 of Knives 94 there is a short article about a couple of guys in Denmark that make "hand made" ceramic blades. Their names are Hans Jorgen Henriksen, and Per Dyrnoe. They make them by starting with a ceramic powder. They pretty much look like puukkos with very small (white) blades. The handles are shaped pretty funky though.

Hans J. Henriksen
Birkegaardsvej 24
DK 3200 Helsinge
Denmark
fax: 45 4819 4899

Knives 98 lists the fax as being
45 4879 4899

Which number is correct is a mystery. I hope this helps. He's the only custom maker I've heard of working in ceramic, unless you count Mad Dog.

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