<http://schema.org/articleBody>
"  At the Housewares Show last month, ceramic knives were everywhere. And since then, friends and colleagues have been asking me, &amp;quot;What&amp;#039;s the deal with ceramic knives?&amp;quot; Well, I can tell you that I&amp;#039;ve been using one from Victorinox for close to a year now and I just love it. When my fellow staffers at the Good Housekeeping Research Institute asked me why, I said, &amp;quot;Because it&amp;#039;s fun to use.&amp;quot; (A response that received quite a group chuckle...guess not everyone loves cutting up in the kitchen as much as I do.) But let&amp;#039;s get serious. What do I mean by fun? My knife is lightweight, thin, and smooth so it requires less effort to hold and cut with and just about glides through food, making it easy to use and giving me a lot of satisfaction. And here&amp;#039;s the best part: It&amp;#039;s been almost 12 months and my knife is still razor sharp even though I&amp;#039;ve never sharpened it. There are downsides. First of all, it&amp;#039;s not an all-purpose knife. When I want to cut through chicken bones, I still reach for a traditional stainless steel chef&amp;#039;s knife that has more heft, and I don&amp;#039;t use my ceramic cutter to crush fennel seeds for a spice rub because I&amp;#039;m afraid the blade will get knicked. I try to handle it with extra care because I know if it falls, the blade can break, something that&amp;#039;s unlikely to happen to a metal knife. Eventually, the knife will need sharpening and for the time being, there&amp;#039;s no sharpener available that can restore ceramic blades ... but sharpener manufacturers tell me they&amp;#039;re in the works. While a high quality ceramic knife won&amp;#039;t set you back as much as a fully forged stainless steel knife, they&amp;#039;re not as cheap as a serrated &amp;quot;never-needs-sharpening&amp;quot; one. Expect to pay up to $100. In addition to Victorinox, Kyocera is a major brand to look for. And for $10 shipping and handling, Kyocera will resharpen one of its own knives. If you invest in one of these &amp;quot;fun&amp;quot; new knives, you&amp;#039;ll want recipes that require lots of slicing and dicing. Try one of our recipes for Chopped or Tomato Salad. Want to learn how we put consumer products to the test and keep you safe? Sign up for a tour of the famous Good Housekeeping Research Institute. If you visit, be sure to say hello when you come by the Kitchen Appliances &amp;amp;amp; Technology Lab. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
<http://www.goodhousekeeping.com/institute/reviews/a23022/ceramic-knife-review/>