Titanium chopping board: revolution or stupid idea?

Simon Balissat

27/2/2026

Translation: machine translated

Video: Nico Bernasconi

Pictures: Nico Bernasconi

The company Esmee advertises an antibacterial cutting board made of titanium. At first glance, this seems completely nonsensical. But how hard do knives really dull when cutting on metal?

There are things in the kitchen that you simply shouldn't do. Handling metal objects in a coated pan or putting aluminium foil in a microwave and setting it to 1000 watts. Now a manufacturer wants to sell us a titanium chopping board on the grounds that it is «gentle on your knives». Really now?

Does exactly what I expect

For my tested I got three simple kitchen knives from the Victorinox brand and used them to cut tomatoes on a wooden board, a plastic board and the titanium board respectively. To simulate normal wear and tear «» , I also dragged the blades across the boards several times in cutting motions.

The result was to be expected. Titanium blunted the blade so much that I could no longer cut tomatoes. Wood and plastic caused no problems.

It may be that harder steel copes better on the titanium board. I didn't try it out, my good and correspondingly expensive knives are too sacred for me to sacrifice them for testing purposes. The test with the average cutting tool is enough for me to come to a well-founded conclusion:

Not. Buy it. Full stop.

In a nutshell

Steel doesn't steal the show

I really expected this titanium board to prove to be a game changer, against my better judgement. It doesn't. What happens is exactly what you think will happen when you hear that you should cut titanium with a steel knife. The knife will be blunt in no time.

Pro

• antibacterial

Contra

• Knife blunts
• Underground editing feel

Chopping boards

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Simon Balissat

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Simon.Balissat@digitecgalaxus.ch

When I flew the family nest over 15 years ago, I suddenly had to cook for myself. But it wasn’t long until this necessity became a virtue. Today, rattling those pots and pans is a fundamental part of my life. I’m a true foodie and devour everything from junk food to star-awarded cuisine. Literally. I eat way too fast. more

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