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Comment by Jan Carter on December 7, 2015 at 19:41

Do it Ricky Ray!!!

Featured Comment by dead_left_knife_guy on December 7, 2015 at 19:37

And one more...

Featured Comment by dead_left_knife_guy on December 7, 2015 at 19:36

And another...

Featured Comment by dead_left_knife_guy on December 7, 2015 at 19:35

And another...

Featured Comment by dead_left_knife_guy on December 7, 2015 at 19:33

Ricky, you're totally right -- iKC can get like that sometimes.  So 1st, I hope you'll buy yourself that camp knife for Christmas (that way, you can leave other knives on your list for someone else to buy for you)!  Next, I think it might be time to post a photo...

Comment by Ricky Ray on December 7, 2015 at 19:15

We are a quiet group lately.

Almost to 100 members, and not much to say.

I hope you all get that special Boker knife you've been looking for this Christmas.

I think I may finally spring for a stag handled camp knife!

Comment by Jan Carter on September 29, 2015 at 15:42

I think the ceramic might make a good Sunday go to Meeting type knife

Comment by Art Cooper on September 29, 2015 at 12:20

Al, I own several ceramic blade Bokers in my collection from the 2" Gent's to the Delta titanium handled look alike of the 1994 Damascus Annual, to the interchangeable ceramic blade for the Optima.

Boker has been making these blades for many of their different style knives over the years. They are very sharp, hold their edge better than steel and their only weakness, which is a big one, is that they are brittle. They can snap if used to pry. If only used to slice, they are wonderful blades.

As a result, you do not see many of them around. I would not use it as my carry knife.

Featured Comment by dead_left_knife_guy on September 20, 2015 at 20:05

Ken, try getting in touch with Ricky Ray, turns out he put a post up with a photo here on iKC a few years back...

http://iknifecollector.com/forum/topics/got-a-specific-knife-you-ar...

Featured Comment by dead_left_knife_guy on September 20, 2015 at 20:02

Al, I don't own a ceramic-bladed folder, but I've seen several folding & fixed ceramic knives.  Boker seems to have more ceramic knives than any other knife company that I've seen.  Ceramic knives seem to be most popular for kitchen use, since you need to be gentle with them (don't drop them, don't pry with them, don't baton them through wood, etc.).

They're not a gimmick in that they should stay sharper longer than most other food prep knives, though they still get dull over time (I believe a diamond sharpener is necessary, though you could probably send it back to Boker's US address for sharpening).

Boker has a photo in their catalogs of one of their ceramic knives cutting through a glass bottle.  That's pretty gimmicky, but pretty dang cool as far as gimmicks go (kinda like cutting through a penny with paramedics shears -- you'll never need to do it, but how awesome is that?).

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