Ceramic Knives
The Mirage X is very difficult to buy if you're not military because it's invisible to metal detectors. Why do people want them? Well, that's obvious. Ceramic kitchen/utility knives will set off a metal detector because, as you know, metal is added for public safety reasons. If you search the web and watch videos explaining how the ceramic blade is manufactured you'll notice that they leave out the part on how and where the metal is added.
Virtually all ceramic kitchen/utility knives made today have metal added. Metal is usually placed inside the handle and trace amounts of rare elements are often added during the sintering process - to make them more easily detectable by security devices in an effort to prevent our them from being used in ways they are not intended.
Take a look at the security enhanced blade of one of the major manufacturers, URI Eagle (Kyocera and others also use elements in the blade).
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Ceramic knives with no metal added are almost non-existant. However, if you have access to a ceramics manufacturer and can customize exactly what you want, well, there you go. It's a little more expensive that way since there are minimum orders and fees but that is the only way short of purchasing a military-grade knife.
I've noticed that a lot of people have shown interest in ceramic knives such as the Mirage X on this and other forums. I have quite a few custom made ceramic knives if anyone is interested, just send me an email. I'm not sure that I would sell any but I'd like to see if there is any interest. The knives I had made aren't as long as the Mirage because ceramic is prone to chip and fracture so I made it a little shorter.
Dave C.
invisibleceramics@gmail.com
The Mirage X is very difficult to buy if you're not military because it's invisible to metal detectors. Why do people want them? Well, that's obvious. Ceramic kitchen/utility knives will set off a metal detector because, as you know, metal is added for public safety reasons. If you search the web and watch videos explaining how the ceramic blade is manufactured you'll notice that they leave out the part on how and where the metal is added.
Virtually all ceramic kitchen/utility knives made today have metal added. Metal is usually placed inside the handle and trace amounts of rare elements are often added during the sintering process - to make them more easily detectable by security devices in an effort to prevent our them from being used in ways they are not intended.
Take a look at the security enhanced blade of one of the major manufacturers, URI Eagle (Kyocera and others also use elements in the blade).
http://urieagle.com/pr/knive****rimat.jpg
http://urieagle.com/pr/Knivestrimat.jpg
http://urieagle.com/pr/knivesbw.jpg
Ceramic knives with no metal added are almost non-existant. However, if you have access to a ceramics manufacturer and can customize exactly what you want, well, there you go. It's a little more expensive that way since there are minimum orders and fees but that is the only way short of purchasing a military-grade knife.
I've noticed that a lot of people have shown interest in ceramic knives such as the Mirage X on this and other forums. I have quite a few custom made ceramic knives if anyone is interested, just send me an email. I'm not sure that I would sell any but I'd like to see if there is any interest. The knives I had made aren't as long as the Mirage because ceramic is prone to chip and fracture so I made it a little shorter.
Dave C.
invisibleceramics@gmail.com