On Tue, 25 Jan 2011 13:29:19 -0800 (PST), DerbyDad03
wrote:


In any case, I plan to get 1 or 2 of different sizes, but I'm going
Kyocera, not Yoshi

As long as you know that's it's purely a "tool thing."
Not much to do with actual cutting or cooking.
Not picking on ceramic knives.
My wife cuts and cooks all day for a living.
She never used a ceramic, and is all steel.
At her work a sharpener comes in every 2 weeks.
In between she touches up with a steel.

At home she likes the Wolfgang Puck 4-knife set I bought her for 30
bucks from Home Shopping Network a couple years ago.
They came with a nice counter stand.
She has touched up the most used a few times with a steel and said
that works real good,
Before that she used mostly dollar store knives. Most take steel
honing well for a while.
Some for years, others not so much.
Still have some around. Some she tossed after a couple years.

I picked up a couple dollar chef knives about 8 years ago for my
tackle box. Just to cut bait, mostly frozen squid.
Still on the first one, though it's spotted with salt rusting, and the
second one is unopened in the blister pack.
I have a good 6" stone in my box too, but only use it for my fillet
knives.

I've often wanted a good diamond wheel electric knife sharpener
because I like tools, even though I hardly use a knife.
Figured I could sharpen the kitchen knives for my wife.
She said don't bother, she's fine with her honing steel.
Buy me a topaz ring instead.

Anyway, I've concluded that knives are not really a "tool thing" for
her. I kind of want to buy her some ceramic knives to test that
theory, but I know she appreciates jewelry more than tools.

--Vic