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Kyocera Revolution Series 7 Inch Professional Chef's Knife, Black Blade
Kyocera Revolution Series Ceramic 7" Professional Chef's Knife (Black)FK-180-BK Chef's Knife (7.0" Blade) black bladeOur most popular line, the Revolution series features deeper blades for greater knuckle clearance. Comfortable, ergonomic resin handles provide precise control. Distinctive shape makes it easy to find, easy to use. These white-bladed versions are sleek ultra-sharp knives and are ideal for everyday use on fruits, vegetables and boneless meats. Diamond ground blades for precision cutting everytime.
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Kyocera Revolution Series 7 Inch Professional Chef's Knife, Black Blade Reviews
I have been curious about these knives since I first heard of them, but I had never tried them before. I have only had it for about a month, so I can't comment on how long it stays so sharp, but I am enjoying it very much so far. It just glides through the food. It is amazingly sharp. I have never been able to cut paper thin slices of vegetables so easily. I had some birthday money burning a hole in my pocket and decided to get one.
BUT there are two enormous drawbacks. Kyocera ceramic knives are very different than steel. I do recommend having one ceramic knife in your collection for items like tomatoes. Overall it is much more practical to use good quality steel knives you can sharpen easily for everyday. When they finally become dull, you cannot sharpen them yourself but must sent them to factory service in Los Angeles. And the ceramic is brittle and fragile so the edge chips easily. They are unbelievably sharp and hold their edge for years of use.
I use these knives as often as I can. Other than that these knives are great. They slice a ripe tomato without crushing and raw meat with ease. These knives are extremely sharp and seem to hold an edge but the blade is thicker than steel and consequently the blade tends to get stuck in food that doesn't just fall away.
The issue I have is that the sharpness of the blade is not all that impressive to me. I have no issues with the quality or the fragility of the knife. I'm not getting hair splitting sharpness or a razors edge cut. I'm kind of reluctant to write this review.
I like the quality of the knife. I expected the knife to be much sharper than this so I can't say it was worth the price to me. I have a few knives made out of VG-10. This is as sharp as the knife gets obviously so as it dulls down it will be even less impressive to me.
Particularly since a professional chef seems to favor this knife in a previous review but I have a particular issue with this knife that I feel I have to point out for others. My favorite steel for blades is VG-10, which I think is the best all around steel since it is very easy to sharpen and also holds an edge for a decent amount of time. My test consisted of cutting celery and basically the knife made fairly clean cuts but they weren't smooth. I tested this knife out after using a VG-10 kitchen knife for a long period of time time and I have to say that for the cost, the sharpness just isn't all that impressive to me with this ceramic blade. I sharpen my own knives from home and while I'm not an expert by any means, I've been able to achieve the same sharpness just using some Arkansas sharpening stones.
It feels very nice in the hand, very well balanced though obviously feels a bit fragile since it's made out of ceramic.
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