Ming Tsai's Favorite Kyocera Knives - Cooking.com Interview

[boob1019]

Okay , i Bought a yoshi blade ceramic knife from sears....I will see if that lasts...if I break it or not... Then work my way up to a kyocera.... Love my 5.5 inch global chef knife...Chef is right , globals loses its edge. Ceramic is great for the home cook ,less chance of an accident. Be safe and enjoy.

[norxcontacts]

I buy my knives at the dollar store. After a few months I fork over a buck for a brand new one.

[Chemicalkinetics]

"No other companies that I know of will sharpen knives for free.."

Really? What about KAI? KAI (manufacturer of Shun knives) sharpen Shun knives for free and will ask the customer to pay for the mailing one way (from home to KAI factory). It will ship back the knives for free. I believe there are also other lesser known companies which will their knives for free.

[random234]

wow! $100 dollar knife. maybe when i have money i'll buy one :)

[kyoceraceramics]

The diamond wheel is actually in Costa Mesa, not in San Diego. Thanks Ming for the great review!

[lucirz]

japanese people knows how to make blades!!!

[xUdieToox]

IT LOOKS LIKE A SWORD!

the guy with the mircophone needs to shut the fuck up.

[chepsy]

That knife is undoubtedly sharp, but almost any knife can pass that drop test.

[jcl1918]

just got the FK-180BK(black) it is awesome. the styling and feel is incredible.

[kyoceraceramics]

@jcl1918 glad to hear you love it!

[kyoceraceramics]

@jcl1918 we're glad to hear you love it!

[dkim68]

His voice sounds like Thurston Howell on Valium.

[dwm1812]

Anyone know if you can get Ming's Quest on video/DVD? That was a great show for the places, the food, and the techniques.

[Olen1009]

I have had good knives and cheap knives and most professional cooks eventually get over being "knife snobs" agree that it is not necessary to have a knife that costs hundreds of dollars. They end up with a well constructed, but cheaper knife, with a somewhat softer blade that is easy to sharpen, and the find a knowledgeable professional sharpener (to be found anywhere) who sharpens knives correctly and inexpensively for when home sharpening is no longer practical.

[Olen1009]

I love Ming Tsai, but I think ceramic knives are impractical for any number of reasons, for many people, as their "workhorse" knife. Sure, they are nice to have and are useful in many ways...but as my "one and only" knife? No way. Certainly, they are less fragile than originally. But they do chip and break. And a knife doesn't make you a good cook...while learning how to use one properly goes a long way in that direction. Then, again...I do agree with EyeOfTheStorm. HaHa.

[SenseiDonGraham]

Is ceramic good for killing too?

[GluexXxEater]

I wouldn't recommend it. But you should definitely try.

[Withnail1969]

Not only is a ceramic knife efficient for killing, it also can't be detected by metal detectors!

However, if you kill a lot of people, the blade may become chipped, and this can't be repaired.

[MisterBaz1]

By law, ceramic knife manufacturers are required to incorporate a type of metal into the knife (whether it be in the handle, or in the actual blade part in some sort of powder that was mixed in with the ceramic and binding agent) so that they will set off a metal detector.

[romanosalvatore]

The manufacturing process pours in enough steel particles so that metal detectors CAN detect it. I saw it on Discovery Channel.

[west1686]

@Withnail1969 It can be detected by metal detectors. They put enough metal in it to allow it to be detected.

[deadfarti]

@Withnail1969 i hope you read on how they create the blades.......... cause your idiocy is amazing. they mix parts of metal. Enough for the metal detectors to go off. Please learn before you step ahead of your ignorance.

[stdavross666]

@Withnail1969 kyocera knife has can be detected by metal detector

[Eye0fTheStorm]

I want a Ceramic samurai sword. So I can chop people up like a tomato!

[adibeh]

hes better than gordon ramzy

[jdude05]

but i heard his restaurant's been slipping in quality.

[Vidhole]

Ceramic knifes can stay sharper longer than steel but it is more brittle

[goodguyaus]

cont'd| onion, garlic & ginger!) but not the peeler (the cutting edge is housed in a bulky plastic holder that juts out: just doesn't feel right, get one of those Swiss style serrated-edge ones instead, they're great! I would use it to shave if I could!) nor the 'julienner' (the julienne part isn't sharp enough for my liking; my carrot comes to juddering halts everytime I use it).

Dunno if I've been brain-washed by their spiel but I love that my fruits don't oxidise immediately after cutting.

[goodguyaus]

I second that! I bought several of these after watching Ming's show. Thankfully, the tips are not pointed, rather, they are 'curved' (but still razor sharp!).

I do wish Kyocera would put a 'matt' or textured surface on the handles (or mebbe just my models' issues) eg. the dimples on the Global knives. I had Globals but I f**ked their edges up by incompetent home sharpening:(. So, ceramics are the go if you're crap at honing edges like I am!

Btw, I recommend their mandolins (great for

[PassionStone]

All I can say about ceramic knives is that they are SHARP. If you're not careful, that innocent looking white thing will cut you right to the bone. I recommend using a knife proof glove on your non-knife hand, because the blade is so thin & light, that it just flicks around like nothing...until you notice all the blood around you. I predict that these things are going to be a cause of many injuries until people really learn to respect them...and sadly, that usually comes after a trip to the ER.

[edudrepus]

Ming is THE MAN!

[LAstandard]

You should get it --- at SurLaTable and others... they are AMAZING, they DON'T shatter...sharp, sharp, sharp.

[exer881]

i have seen his show and he uses that ceramic knife.......it looks like its a very good knife maybe i should get it

[randomtexture]

weight of the knife doesn't have that much to do with cutting well. also, it's not that you can't sharpen your own knifes, it's just that most people don't know how to do that. that metal "sharpener" that comes with most knife sets doesn't actually sharpen the knife. it aligns and straighten the edge of the knife.

[sohndi]

I don't know!

It looks to light.

knives have to be heavy enough to cut well.

[beaujuloais]

sorry weight is a personal thing...a knife cuts well when it is honed(sp)

[hanfordbombshell]

In a restaurant kitchen a professional chef handles knives all day and needs them to be as light as possible to avoid strain. Kyocera and Global knives are among the lightest. Home cooks may feel they need something heavier for control.

[sohndi]

O! I see!

[sohndi]

Can't sharp theyer own Knive?

[chassis9]

NO the knives very good i bought already and is good. good recommendation. ceramic now is better than Steel.its not easy to get break if it fall.

[orsetto81utube]

SICK knives!! I bought my first one this year and could not be more pleased. Thank you for the great rec's as usual Ming!!

[yuyuhjkdsuyy]

come on! how could he compare a steel knife to a ceramic knife. hit it and it will break in half???? most likely a stone knife not a steel knife.

[tracyellyn]

Ming be so smooth and sh^t...

[takadi]

lol ming tsai always sounds like he's drunk

[temuchineq]

he sounds exactly like tom brokaw

[TheGameroomBlitz]

I was thinking David Hasselhoff, actually.

[joshryker]

The interviewer is so painfully closeted it makes my teeth ache.

[nautilu]

lol