Would ceramic blades be better than metal for woodworking? Kyocera makes knife blades of zirconium oxide, which holds an edge much longer than metal. The higher-end blades (they’re all expensive) are black from sintering, which adds strength.
Janet
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I haven't used them, and i haven't seen them on the consumer market, but i think that some of the bigger manufacturing companies are using ceramic tipped and diamond tipped blades (not the same as the masonary ones). ceramics and diamonds are more widely used in the metal working industry along with carbide. if the cost were to come down i think they would become a lot more popular with smaller shops though. they are supposedly better, but the cost for a ceramic blade is something like three times the price of a carbide blade if i remember correctly.
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