Janet Bostwick wrote:

> What's the deal with ceramic knives? I know nothing about them. They're
> touted as never needing sharpening and unbreakable. I'm not interested in
> buying any more knives, but I just want to know something more about them.

They are incredibly sharp and maintain a blade for a long time. It's not
entirely true that they never need sharpening. They do lose their edge over
time and need a special process for sharpening. I believe it requires a laser
but I would have to check on that. I have had two of them for more than 10
years and they are both still very sharp. It is certainly not true that they
are unbreakable. In fact, you have to be extremely careful with them or they
will snap. My wife snapped a half inch off the larger knife that we have and a
small piece has snapped off the end of the smaller one. You cannot use them
on anything really hard, like frozen meat and cannot use them for prying, not
even a little bit.