A tool safety reminder for all

[Timothy]

Ceramics are great knives.  I can't believe you've found one for 20 bucks!

As too ceramics wearability, companies are now making implants for hips and knees that are bonded with a cermamic material that has the wear rate 20 times better than my cobalt chromium implants.  They say these new implant materials won't wear out.

I'll probably need mine replaced in the next 15 or 20 years.

[Pathfinder]

Ceramics are great knives.  I can't believe you've found one for 20 bucks!

As too ceramics wearability, companies are now making implants for hips and knees that are bonded with a cermamic material that has the wear rate 20 times better than my cobalt chromium implants.  They say these new implant materials won't wear out.

I'll probably need mine replaced in the next 15 or 20 years.

Actually, HF has them for $10 at the moment, at least here - paring and next size up are, forgot the check the largest one. But, $10!

[tombogan03884]

Actually, HF has them for $10 at the moment, at least here - paring and next size up are, forgot the check the largest one. But, $10!

http://www.harborfreight.com/general-merch/kitchen/3-inch-ceramic-paring-knife-98183.html

http://www.harborfreight.com/5-inch-ceramic-utility-knife-98184.html

http://www.harborfreight.com/6-inch-ceramic-chefs-knife-98186.html

I'm following this subject as I'm curious about their edge holding.
At work I often have to cut ScotchBrite and it just eats razor blades and Knife blades.
Recently I ordered a Naga deburring tool because in the picture it looks like a hobby type blade,
http://metalworking.mscdirect.com/CGI/NNSRIT?PMPXNO=6167694
 it is not, it is a slab about 1/16 in. thick.
The tool has almost no weight at all, I fiddled around with it and found it to handle anything I had handy but it did not do me any good so I passed it on to the Deburr guy , they have been using it on real heavy steel burrs , He tells me "3 passes and its GONE ",
Some of those burrs stand 1/8th inch, he also says the blade is unmarked.
I'm impressed.    
I'm going to order all 3 knives.

[Solus]

Just followed Tom's like to HF purchased all three kitchen ceramics.

3"  5.99
5"  9.99
6"  12.99

Actually purchased 2 of each.  Total shipping 9.99 and a 3.50 tax.

Don't know how  these will hold up.  Purchased two sets not because I expect them to fail quickly, but because the price is so good they are a good buy for replacement even if the first set lasts 10 years.

These are great slicing kitchen knives.  No chopping or stabbing allowed.  Find your steel butter knife if you need a screwdriver.

I have used these for years.  Boker made a nice black bladed set.  I still have two of the Boker 3" blades and use them every day.  The larger Bokers somehow got lost in a recent move, so I am going to try these as a cheaper replacement.

The 6" Boker would make effortless cuts across 1/2 inch steak by placing the tip on the cutting board and just drawing it across the steak.  It would take two draws to cut a 3" diameter pork loin, this because the blade was too short to get a decent angle.  It just lifted the tip off the board and left maybe 1/2 inch to do again.  Extra pressure might handle it, but two quick light draws seem the better choice.....don't like force is knife work if it can be avoided..

At this price, give them a try.

I also keep a Warthog sharpener on the kitchen counter for steel knives.  http://www.harborfreight.com/general-merch/kitchen.html

Honestly, a just sharpened steel knife does as good at thin tomato slices as the ceramic...but with a little more force and more "sawing".  The sharpen steel does well on meat, but with the same increase in effort over ceramic

Basically, the ceramic cuts most things like by a quick light draw across it.  More like scribing a line across it rather than the slicing (sawing) you do with steel.

[Allenlavoiee]

Always use different types of safety Gloves if your work is associated with the risk factor.

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[Magoo541]

The funniest accident involving industrial tools I have (yes it was funny-wait for it) went something like this:

Sunshine (one of two girls in the Machine Tech program with 40+ guys):  Nancy how do you get the drill out of this thing?
Nancy: Just pull on it.
Sunshine: Like this...? :metal cutting skin-twing:  OWWWWWwwwww!!!

She was trying to remove a tapered shank drill from an old gang drill press.  We had all been instructed on either proper use or where to find the proper way to use all of the tools in the shop.

This was a girl that thought she ruled the roost, with a room temperature IQ and an entitlement attitude-everything I hate in a person.  We had been in an altercation that pushed my "never hit a woman" policy as far as it ever has been and ended when an instructor stepped in between us.  Like I said it was funny and the beginning of the end for her.  She was a receptionist at a realtor's office last I heard.