Boker Ceramics. Anyone have experience with these?

Monel Funkawitz

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They stay sharp forever, are super light, and are non-conductive (It makes for interesting conversation when you strip a 400v 300amp service cable that is live with your knife, lemme tell ya. :) )

The bad point is they are very brittle, and a royal bastard to sharpen. Long as you don't use it as a prybar and you get a diamond hone, things are warm and fuzzy.
 

Pliablemoose

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They're supposed to be very sharp, and keep their edge forever, but very brittle.

(You're not going to try to sneak one of these on an airplane are you?)
 

ScottMac

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I've had a Boker Ceramic for a couple years now, it's my usual pocket knife. The ceramic blade and titanium body keep it pretty light in the pocket for a knife that large. The body is fairly slim too.

One problem that I found kind of annoying; it is very sharp, that's no sh!t, but the edge is also very smooth ... which means if you try to cut rope, string, etc ... the blade doesn't "catch" to do the cut ... you have to apply more pressure than you'd think to actually get the thing to sink in.

I've used mine at trade shows to cut cables out of the tape (used to anchor the cables to the floor), and to cut live (low-voltage / signal) cables. The blade DOES chip unless pampered ... mine looks like it's got mini-serrations (but at least now it'll catch well enough to cut rope, string, etc without undue pressure). It's a "working kinfe" for me, I don't papmer it.

You CANNOT sharpen the blade - it has to be laser sharpened ... return it to Boker and they'll do it cheap.

And, as mentioned, don't even think of prying with it ... not even staples out of paper; the blade is very brittle. Any real lateral force on the edge will chip it, any real lateral force on the blade will break it.

Overall, I like it a lot. You just have to be aware of the limitations, and don't loan it to anybody without giving then the "do not pry" sermon.

FWIW

Scott