Ceramic Knife Care

This knife will bring you many years of trouble-free use if you:

• Remove it from your knife block or tray
• Use it (straight cuts on the cutting board)
• Rinse & wipe it
• Place it back in knife block or tray

USE

• Ideal for for straight cuts of fruits, vegetables and boneless meats
• Always use with a plastic or wood cutting board. Avoid cutting on marble, stone, glass, plates, or tile
• Use your conventional steel knives for carving, prying, boning, and cutting frozen food and cheese. These applications involve twisting and flexing, which require a more flexible material than ceramic
• For your protection, the tip and heel of the blade have been safety blunted

CARE

• Hand wash with water and liquid dish soap; do not wash in the dishwasher
• For discolorations not removed by normal washing, clean the blade only (not handle) with a mild bleach solution

AVOID

• Dropping on hard surfaces
• Putting the blade in open flame (ceramic conducts heat)
• Turning the blade on its side to smash garlic or other items

STORAGE

• Store in a knife block, sheath, or tray
• Use care when storing and removing the knife from a knife block to avoid tip damage

SHARPENING
Ceramic starts out sharper--and stays sharper--longer. In time, you may notice micro nicks on the blade's edge. This is the normal process by which any hard material blade will dull. The existence of microchips does not necessarily mean the knife is dull. You will find that it performs well for quite some time. When the knife no longer performs to your liking, Kyocera's resharpening process will reestablish a new sharp edge. Larger chips and broken tips can often be corrected by resharpening as well.

To read our warranty information or if you'd like to have your knife re-sharpened , please click here to print and fill out the pdf form (pdf/105KB). Please send the form with your knife, carefully packaged with all sharp edges protected, and enclose a $10 check/money order made out to Kyocera, or your credit card information (card number and expiration date) for shipping & handling (you can send up to 2 knives for $10. Send $5 for each additional knife) to:

Kyocera Tycom Corporation
Attention: Knife Resharpening & Warranty Dept.
17862 Fitch
Irvine, CA 92614

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