The best gift we received when we got married came from my father-in-law, a Japanese knife. He has a knife collection hanging in his office (he knows his stuff), and he did a fantastic job picking out a Japanese chef’s knife that I plan to use for forever. Sometimes though, that big knife is a bit hard to maneuver. Or it’s dirty and I don’t want to wash it. Now, I have a pretty new ceramic knife from Shenzhen in my collection that has become part of my daily routine.

The blade on this knife is white, almost translucent on the edges, because it’s made of zirconia. Fun fact: zirconia is the second hardest material we know of next to diamonds, and it happens to be the stone I considered having my engagement ring fashioned out of (then we found an antique one that I loved so I didn’t go with the zirconia). My favorite part about the zirconia is that it goes much longer without needing to be sharpened. I’m horrible about sharpening my chef’s knife, to the point that it can become a little bit dangerous.

I wanted this knife for two very specific things. First, for maneuvers like slicing the tops off of bell peppers where the chef’s knife was big and awkward to maneuver. Second for slicing tomatoes, because my chef’s knife won’t do the trick and my other knives are part of a $40 block from Wal-mart. The Shenzhen does eactly what I was hoping. The marketing material says this knife is for “precision cutting tasks” and that is just what I needed.

You need to know, that you have to be careful with this blade. You can’t smash garlic with it (the blade is sharp but brittle), cut frozen items, or other heavy duty tasks. A good chef’s knife will still be essential. I also don’t really like the plastic handle, but I understand it keeps costs down and I appreciate that. The last drawback is that you have to go out of your way to figure out how to sharpen it eventually, which has to be done using a diamond wheel.

Overally I’m very happy with the knife, and have found a reason to use it almost everyday since I received it. Would you like to win one and try it out for yourself?



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