Care & Use

PLEASE READ BEFORE USE AND SAVE THESE INSTRUCTIONS.
Thank you for using Kyocera advanced ceramics. Your knife has been professionally re-sharpened with the exact same equipment and diamond wheels used in the original manufacturing process. Please ensure that it is cleaned before use. This knife will bring you years of trouble-free use if you follow these easy steps:

• Remove it from your knife block or tray
• Use it (straight cuts on a cutting board) with fruits, vegetables and boneless meats
• Rinse & wipe
• Place it back in knife block or tray (this will prevent accidents caused by the knife sitting in a sink, etc., where it could be damaged)

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, wash the blade only with a mild bleach solution

AVOID

• Dropping on hard surfaces
• Hitting against china or flatware
• Putting the blade in open flame (ceramic conducts heat)
• Scraping hard surfaces
• Turning the blade on its side to smash garlic or other items
• Applying force to the side of the blade

STORAGE

• Store in a knife block / sheath / tray or on a dish drain.
• Use care when storing and removing the knife from a knife block to avoid tip damage.
• Storing any knife upright (sharp edge up) or sideways in a knife block reduces wear to the knife edge.

WEAR
All knives dull over time. A soft metal blade (stainless steel) "rolls" as it becomes dull. Harder metals (such as high carbon steels, titanium, or carbide) hold their edge longer, but dull differently. Harder materials are less forgiving and tend to slightly chip instead of roll.

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.