These knives are made of an advanced, high-tech ceramic called zirconium oxide (also called zirconia). Zirconium oxide is extremely hard, wear resistant, and chemically inert. For the technically minded, zirconium oxide has a hardness of 8.2 mohs (vs. steel at 5-6 mohs and diamond at 10 mohs).

You can resharpen your ceramic knife by using our resharpening service. Only Kyocera advanced ceramic knives can be sharpened with this service.

For the serious cook, cutlery is an essential tool used daily -- nowhere in the kitchen will quality make a greater contribution to the cook's pleasure and productivity. Chef'sChoice® cutlery owes its outstanding performance to a new and wholly unique alloy which is more expensive and much more costly to forge and process. Its manufacture depends on many more steps than conventional cutlery. It takes over 100 steps to produce a quality forged knife.

Tests performed in EdgeCraft's laboratories demonstrated that Chef'sChoice® cutlery edges are more durable than ceramic knife edges. And, because of the inherently brittle nature of ceramic, they are prone to fail by chipping. Unlike Chef'sChoice® Trizor® cutlery, ceramic knives cannot be sharpened by any available conventional methods.

Ceramic chips are found in nearly every casino in the world. They feature full face printing and high color graphics. Even under heavy casino use, the chips are exremely durable and maintain their vivid graphic images for years. The feel, shuffle ability, cost vs. clays, and print clarity have greatly increased the popularity of ceramics in the last 2 years.

Cost is usually relative to the quality of the finished product. All polishing is labor intensive, however, taking the time to do the job properly can take considerable more time than a sloppy job. Keep in mind, the nicer the finish, the more imperfections can appear, a fine sanding scratch, or exceptional buffing lines may not show in a dull finish, yet can be dramatic in a finish with lots of clarity. Extra time is involved in ‘perfecting’ the finish.

The best thing you can do is throw away some items that you will not need at your new home. Anything that you plan on throwing away later doesn’t need to be moved. For more tips, see our Tips on Saving Money Section

a retail bakery, we are primarily concentrating on the creation and sale of our own products. As with the cake toppers, this item is currently not available in our stores.

Store your sharp knives in a block, a knife case, a drawer wood holder, a sheath, a magnetic bar, or back in its original box. If your knives are thrown in a drawer, they will get dulled or possibly chipped, as well as being a potential hazard.

Shun's knives, due to the revolutionary nature of their Pakkawood handles, are dishwasher safe. HOWEVER, as with any lifetime investment, it's important to take the best care possible in order to prolong the life of your knife. For multiple reasons, we do NOT advise you put your knives in the dishwasher: Putting knives in the dishwasher is a major cause of accidents in the home. If you forget the knife is in the washer, you may cause yourself (or another) unintentional harm when unloading.

Due to federal regulations we cannot sell switchblades, gravity knives, "automatics", knives with bear jaw handles, and similar knives. We wish we could but we are not anxious to break federal laws that have been on the books since 1957.

All items sold carry the manufacturers warranty. If you have any difficulty please let us know. In the event the merchandise was damaged during shipping you will need to contact us for a return authorization #.

We are continuously ordering factory fresh inventory from the KA-BAR factory in Orlean New York to re-stock our product supply. These knives are sold to you exactly as they come from the factory. We will never sell a used or returned knife. We will eventually have special collectors website pages in which we will offer certain new and used limited collectors knives, but all items will be plainly marked and described as new or used. )

Two. The LeverEdge knife which is used for cutting hard foods as well as fast chopping and slicing and the bonus ripple cut knife. The bonus ripple knife also works well for fast chopping.

Considering the intense physical effort required of the electrologist, as well as the equipment, office space, insurance, etc., the fees charged by electrologists are thought, by most to be reasonable. Remember, the problem is being dealt with permanently and not just on a short term basis.

The ?juva program is made with organic and wildcrafted herbs wherever possible. This attention to quality drives the cost up. In addition, absolutely no fillers, binders, flow agents, or preservatives are ever used. In fact, when we were looking for a laboratory to compress our tablet products, none were able to meet our stringent conditions. In order to make our tablets without using these harmful ingredients, ?juva uses a proprietary, no-heat process developed by ?juva's founder, Dr.