I had some years ago. They ended up chipped as hell. That's when I bought some halfway decent (not good, just not Target grade) steel ones that aren't stainless. I hone the ones I use most a couple of times a week and the rest of them on an as needed basis. I sharpen them as needed.

If your schedule and executive fiction allow for it then I highly recommend it. Ceramic is sharp as fuck, but not enough sharper to deal with buying a new one every time it chips.

[–] princessnorah@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Ceramic knives are kinda stupid yeah. But a ceramic "steel" to hone your metal knives works amazingly. And those don't chip, because they're round. They can shatter though.

[–] TexasDrunk@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Yeah, I bet a ceramic honing rod is pretty great. I've seen them as a part of some of the better knife sharpening sets.

[–] HonkTonkWoman@lemm.ee 1 points 1 month ago

So could you smash car windows with these bits? Are they like the snake bite things made out of smashed up spark plugs?

Just curious if it’s the same type/grade of ceramic, or if this stuff would just continue to shatter/bounce off.

And no, I’m not planning on smashing up at knives at Target in order to rob the cars in the parking lot.

Go do that at Home Depot after you smash up a few display toilets.

[–] criticon@lemmy.ca 19 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Yes, but these can't be resharpened

[–] sneezycat@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 month ago

This guy disagrees

[–] FenrirIII@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Blade

[–] ramble81@lemm.ee 2 points 1 month ago

Okay, I stand corrected.

[–] weeeeum@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Technically diamond? But cutting bits are only large as like 2mm, and are very expensive. Diamond also can't support a very steep cutting edge, so you will be limited by possible edge geometry. Used for machining highly reflective, perfect, mirror finishes on parts.

TLDR you're right