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   "Craig"  wrote in message   
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   >> I have been told you can sharpen ceramic blades with fine grit sandpaper.   
   >> Does anyone know more about this? I'm not going to do a thing to this   
   >> blade   
   >> other than use it until it gets dull and I don't expect that to happen   
   >> soon.   
   >   
   > I have resharpened a Kyocera (black) on diamond using an Edge Pro and   
   > then silicon carbide wet and dry papers, commencing on 1000P and   
   > ending with 3,000P. Afterwards stropped on diamond impregnated   
   > leather, from 6u to 0.5m. A rather difficult job because micro   
   > chipping develops very easily, something that's only visible under a   
   > very powerful lupe, say 30x.   
   >   
   > Also one must keep to the factory's bevel angle, which I measured at   
   > 35 degrees. Any more and the knife will not get very sharp. Actually,   
   > they don't get very shar, regardless of the angle, but going beyond   
   > the factory's value will not even deliver that.   
   >   
   > All in all, a very time consuming task and better done by the factory,   
   > a service which I belive they offer.   
   >   
   > That knife will not dull in the conventional manner, rather, it will   
   > develop microchipping. Avoid push cutting harder vegies like carrots,   
   > because at the end of the cut the blade will slam into the cutting   
   > board and microchip.   
   >   
   > Regards   
   > Craig   
      
   Limit it to slicing and no hard surfaces. I got that.   
      
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