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Sharpening of ceramic parts.

06/04/2008 11:49 AM

Is there any possibility to sharp the ceramic parts?
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Re: Sharpening of ceramic parts.

06/04/2008 12:56 PM

Parts of what?

Yes, ceramic can be drilled, filed, cut and ground

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Re: Sharpening of ceramic parts.

06/04/2008 2:21 PM

The simple answer is yes. Ceramic parts are ground and polished all the time.
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Re: Sharpening of ceramic parts.

06/04/2008 2:37 PM

You can buy ceramic knives etc.... so of course its possible, in fact its done regularly.

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Re: Sharpening of ceramic parts.

06/08/2008 1:45 AM
Not sure on what specific "parts" you're referring too. But how we in the culinary industry for our knives would do it is that you had to use stones and "steels" with diamond in them with different grit to get the desired sharpness. To my knowledge diamond is the only thing that can cut ceramic. Though first the ceramic must be hardened by a tempering process using high heat to harden the piece otherwise it will be brittle and easily shatter. This is just one side of it, there could be other ways and processes I'm unaware of, but this is from my experience.
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