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Kitchen Knives
240mm M4 San-Mai Gyuto
Original price was: $1,310.00.$1,200.00Current price is: $1,200.00.Prices are US Tariff Inclusive
A 240mm M4 gyuto
This 240mm M4 gyuto features a laminated san-mai blade with a nickel, carbon-migration barrier between the core and cladding. The bevels are fully convex, stone tuned, hand finished to 2500 grit and have received several etch and polishing cycles with loose abrasive to reveal the banding. Weight-wise I would categorize this knife as a heavy midweight to light workhorse. The handle consists of waxed desert ironwood and stabilized bog oak. The choil and spine are well rounded and finished to 2500 grit.
Blade Details
Blade: 239mmx49mm CPM-M4 stainless san-mai (~64hrc), stone tuned bevels with a 2500 grit hand finish
Neck: 17mmx16mm
Handle: Desert Ironwood and bog oak, buffed and waxed
POB: 25mm from the handle
Spine: 3.94mm at the handle, 2.87mm at halfway, .61mm 1cm from the tip
Grind: full convex slight RH bias
Weight: 209g
Relieved choil and spine
Edge: .14mm@1mm, .23mm@2mm from the edge, measured at the midpoint
Hot glue fit, so when the day comes for thinning the blade can be pulled easily for repolishing without destroying the handle
Blade Special Features
Fully convex ground 240mm M4 san-mai gyuto with banding
To learn more about M4 steel click here: https://knifesteelnerds.com/2018/04/16/the-development-of-first-tool-steels-book/
For the maker’s summative take on M4 click here: https://msicardcutlery.com/knife-making-steel-information-faq/
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Kitchen Knives
240mm MagnaCut Gyuto -Ironwood Handle
$710.00Prices are Tariff Inclusive
A 240mm MagnaCut gyuto
This 240mm MagnaCut gyuto features thicker than typical blade-stock with a fully convex bevels that serve to optimize cutting performance. Weight-wise I would categorize this knife as a midweight. The handle consists of buffed desert ironwood. The choil and spine are nicely rounded and polished to 600 grit.
Blade Details
Blade: 243mmx51mm MagnaCut (~63hrc) with belt finish
Neck: 17mmx19mm
Handle: Desert Ironwood buffed and waxed
POB: 30mm from the handle
Spine: 3.50mm at the handle, 2.42mm at halfway, .43mm 1cm from the tip
Grind: full convex 50/50
Weight: 199g
Relieved choil and spine.
Edge: .16mm@1mm, .26mm@2mm from the edge, measured at the midpoint
Blade Special Features
Fully convex ground blade
To learn more about MagnaCut steel click here: https://knifesteelnerds.com/2021/03/25/cpm-magnacut/
For the maker’s summative take on MagnaCut click here: https://msicardcutlery.com/knife-making-steel-information-faq/
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Kitchen Knives
220mm MagnaMax San-Mai Gyuto
$1,310.00Prices are US Tariff Inclusive
A 220mm MagnaMax gyuto
This 220mm MagnaMax gyuto features a laminated san-mai blade with a nickel, carbon-migration barrier between the core and cladding. The bevels are fully convex, stone tuned, hand finished to 2500 grit and have received several etch and polishing cycles with loose abrasive to reveal the banding. Weight-wise I would categorize this knife as a heavy midweight to light workhorse. The handle consists of oil finished and buffed stabilized curly mango . The choil and spine are well rounded and finished to 2500 grit.
Blade Details
Blade: 222mmx50mm MagnaMax stainless san-mai (~64hrc), stone tuned bevels with a 2500 grit hand finish
Neck: 19mmx18mm
Handle: Stabilized curly mango, oil finished, buffed and waxed
POB: 33mm from the handle
Spine: 3.90mm at the handle, 2.91mm at halfway, .65mm 1cm from the tip
Grind: full convex 50/50 grind
Weight: 203g
Relieved choil and spine
Edge: .13mm@1mm, .23mm@2mm from the edge, measured at the midpoint
Hot glue fit, so when the day comes for thinning the blade can be pulled easily for repolishing without destroying the handle
Blade Special Features
Fully convex ground 220mm MagnaMax san-mai gyuto with heavy banding
To learn more about MagnaMax steel click here: https://knifesteelnerds.com/2026/01/19/magnamax-is-here-the-next-evolution-in-knife-steel/
For the maker’s summative take on MagnaMax click here: https://msicardcutlery.com/knife-making-steel-information-faq/
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Kitchen Knives
240mm MagnaMax San-Mai Gyuto
$1,517.00Prices are Tariff Inclusive
A 240mm MagnaMax gyuto
This 240mm MagnaMax gyuto features a laminated san-mai blade with a nickel carbon-migration barrier between the core and cladding. The bevels are fully convex, stone tuned, hand finished to 2500 grit and have received several etch and polishing cycles with loose abrasive to reveal the banding. Weight-wise I would categorize this knife as a heavy midweight to light workhorse. The handle features a tightly fit and stippled brass endcap on top of an oil finished and buffed, stabilized curly mango handle. The choil and spine are well rounded and finished to 2500 grit.
Blade Details
Blade: 240mmx50mm MagnaMax stainless san-mai (~64hrc) with a 2500 grit hand finish
Neck: 19.5mmx16mm
Handle: Stabilized curly mango, oil finished, buffed and waxed with stippled brass endcap
POB: 36mm from the handle
Spine: 3.8mm at the handle, 2.9mm at halfway, .7mm 1cm from the tip
Grind: full convex 50/50 grind
Weight: 228g
Relieved choil and spine
Edge: .17mm@1mm, .29mm@2mm from the edge, measured at the midpoint
Hot glue fit, so when the day comes for thinning the blade can be pulled easily for repolishing without destroying the handle
Blade Special Features
Fully convex ground 240mm MagnaMax san-mai gyuto with heavy banding
To learn more about MagnaCut steel click here: https://knifesteelnerds.com/2026/01/19/magnamax-is-here-the-next-evolution-in-knife-steel/
For the maker’s summative take on MagnaMax click here: https://msicardcutlery.com/knife-making-steel-information-faq/
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Kitchen Knives
Forged Banding 200mm D2 Gyuto
$900.00D2 Tool Steel Is Tariff Free And Falls under CUSMA.
A forged D2 gyuto with banding
This is a special knife utilizing materials I’ve never used previously. In the past I’ve made forged blades of differing varieties that have been etched and polished to reveal the alloy banding within the steel. This is one such blade but in a steel I had previously never worked with, ingot D2 tool steel. Surprisingly this D2 gyuto was less difficult to make than I had anticipated, though still much more difficult than any low alloy steel or A2.
The banding is phenomenally dense and photographing it was a nightmare as the pictures tended to look bland and grainy. There’s just too much detail for a nice macro shot. So while it looks a bit bland and 2D, every white line in actuality represents a bit of figuring that dances in the light as you look over the blade. Next time I forge a D2 gyuto I’ll try to make the activity a bit bolder but I didn’t want to push my luck with this stuff, never having forged it previously.
I also thought I’d try something new for the handle and used a piece of wenge end grain that has a lovely bit of character only occasionally seen on knife handles. It appears lighter than it actually is in the pictures. This D2 gyuto’s banding just refused to be photographed without otherwise excessive exposure.
- Blade: 203mmx57mm Forged D2-Tool Steel 800 grit diamond lapping film finish + etch and polishing cycles
- Neck: 18mmx18mm
- Handle: Wenge endgrain, oil finished and waxed
- POB: 30mm from the handle
- Spine: 2.7mm at the handle, 2.1mm at halfway, .59mm 1cm from the tip
- Grind: full convex
- Weight: 165g
- Relieved choil and spine
- Edge: .17mm@1mm, .32mm @2mm, measured at the midpoint,
To learn more about D2 tool steel click Here
For the makers summative take on various steels click Here
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Kitchen Knives
250mm ProCut San-Mai Gyuto
$50.00A 250mm ProCut san mai gyuto
I’ve been sitting on this one for a while and finally have it done. This 250mm ProCut gyuto is similar to a shorter blade I put out in February of this year (posted HERE) and features the same kind of complex grind geometry and stonework.
- Blade: 250mmx57mm ProCut/mild san-mai (64/65hrc) -stone set bevels + 2500 grit hand finish + etch and polish
- Neck: 19mmx19mm
- Handle: Wenge mono, oil finished and waxed
- POB: 66mm from the handle
- Spine: 3.94mm at the handle, 3.25mm at halfway, .78mm 1cm from the tip
- Grind: full convex zero grind
- Weight: 252g
- Relieved choil and spine
- Edge: .10mm@1mm, .23mm @2mm, 1.65mm at the shinogi measured at the midpoint,
As you can see the banding isn’t quite as prominent in this blade despite using the ame cladding material. I suspect this is due to the higher austenitizing temperature I used for ProCut vs the SheffCut in the last one. Nonetheless it has a distinct pattern in the cladding that I only wish I could highlight more.
*The cladding does indeed get close to the edge but at no point touches it
Any US Tariffs will be prepaid by myself in full.
To learn more about ProCut steel click here: https://knifesteelnerds.com/2025/06/04/pops-procut-a-new-carbon-steel-for-knives/
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Kitchen Knives
230mm Forged Low Bevel Gyuto (26c3)
$450.00A 230mm forged 26c3 san mai gyuto
My forging experiments continue and while I’m getting close to where I want to be, I’ve determined I need better dies to take me the rest of the way. This 230mm forged blade is like the previous ones, and once again I did no go to the extent of taking out all of the grinder marks as it was primarily built as a tool to learn on. The edge geometry is perhaps the thinnest I have ever made and the knife cuts beautifully.
- Blade: 232mmx60mm 26c3/mild san-mai (64/65hrc) -stone set bevels + 2500 grit hand finish + finger stone kasumi polish
- Neck: 18mmx19mm
- Handle: Bolivian Rosewood mono, oil finished and waxed
- POB: 62mm from the handle
- Spine: 2.94mm at the handle, 2.21mm at halfway, 1.32mm 1cm from the tip
- Grind: full convex low bevel 50/50
- Weight: 225g
- Relieved choil and spine
- Edge: .10mm@1mm, .23mm @2mm, 1.65mm at the shinogi measured at the midpoint,
Any US Tariffs will be covered by myself in full.
For the maker’s summative take on 26c3 steel click: Here
To learn more about 26c3 steel click Here
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Kitchen Knives
MSC X Rockchop 215mm Mizu Honyaki Gyuto
$50.00This is the second of my collaborations with Steve of Rockchop Knife Co.
Some of you may recall my previous mizu honyaki collaborations with Julien Labelle and these are in the same vein. Julien, much to my dismay elected to cease taking on honyaki polishing projects some time ago due to the time commitment and the associated stress, which is why there haven’t been any in some time. You can perhaps imagine my surprise and delight when I reached out to Steve to ask if he might be interested in doing similar collaborations, and he replied by saying that not only was he familiar with my collaborations with Julien, but that he and Julien were acquainted and he had received some tips an instruction from Julien on polishing honyaki!
If you haven’t heard of Rockchop, and aren’t familiar with Steve’ skills, you really ought to check his work out Here. He truly is among the best of the knife sharpeners and polishers active today, a true genius in the making.
This second knife is a gyuto, 217mm X 52mm X 2.6mm and 138g in weight (handle incl.). The handle is one of my Bolivian Rosewood and Peruvian walnut combo handles. The blade is a W2 tool steel mizu honyaki. It has a full convex grind, distal taper, and 14000 grit mirror finish etched and polished to reveal the hamon and the ashi.
To learn more about W2 tool steel click: Here
Thanks for looking!
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Kitchen Knives
210mm 26c3 San-Mai (Left Hand Bias) Gyuto
$700.00A 210mm 26c3 san mai gyuto
Here’s a potentially interesting blade. This 210mm 26c3 gyuto is my first full migaki polish on a san mai blade forged with my power hammer. I went with AEBL as the cladding hoping that it can serve as an adequately stainless substitute for the near impossible to attain 410 and 420 steels that are ideally used for SS clad carbon steel. It seems to do fairly well rust wise but is certainly less corrosion resistant than the 4xx series. I was also hoping for some interesting banding, but alas after about 12 hours of different polishes and etches I couldn’t come up with a satisfying result so I dropped down to a more functional 600 grit finish. The blade carries the first dedicated left hand biased grind that I’ve made in a while and it has excellent food release on that side.
- Blade: 211mmx56mm 26c3/AEBL san-mai (64/65hrc) 600 grit hand finish
- Neck: 20mmx18mm
- Handle: Cocobolo+walnut, oil finished and waxed
- POB: 30mm from the handle
- Spine: 3.16mm at the handle, 2.04mm at halfway, .51mm 1cm from the tip
- Grind: full convex left hand bias
- Weight: 160g
- Relieved choil and spine
- Edge: .2mm@1mm, .37mm @2mm, measured at the midpoint,
For the maker’s summative take on 26c3 steel click: Here
To learn more about 26c3 steel click Here
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Kitchen Knives
190mm ProCut San-Mai Gyuto With Banding
$50.00This 190mm ProCut San-Mai Gyuto represents a large step forward in my polishing abilities. In this blade the various hues of carbon diffusion are visible at the weld interface while the cladding itself carries a natural mural of alloy banding patterns that exist within the steel itself.
Blade Details
Blade: 190mmx55mm ProCut+ stainless steel (~64/65 hrc) Stone tuned bevels + 2500 grit hand finish + pseudo uchigumori/kasumi polish.
Neck: 18mmx19mm
Handle: Stabilized/dyed maple burl and paper micarta, oil finished, buffed and waxed
POB: 30mm from the handle
Spine: 3.26mm at the handle, 2.54mm at halfway, .71mm 1cm from the tip
Grind: full convex RH bias
Weight: 173g
Relieved choil and spine
Edge: .14mm@1mm, .29mm@2mm from the edge, measured at the midpoint
Click HERE for close up video
Blade Special Features
Fully convex ground blade, stainless clad with active banding.
ProCut is a brand new steel released by Pop’s Knife Supply and Larrin Thomas. You could think of ProCut as a steel with the toughness of 80CrV2, the nickel content of 15n20 and edge retention somewhere between 52100 and AEB-L.
This 190mm ProCut San-Mai Gyuto features a stone tuned geometry and a very fine 2500 grit finish that was polished with my own special mixture that results in a kasumi-like finish without the use of uchigumori. This finish highlights the core steel while creating a smokey haze where some minor carbon migration has occurred and reveals the endogenous banding within the cladding steel.
To learn more about ProCut steel click here: https://knifesteelnerds.com/2025/06/04/pops-procut-a-new-carbon-steel-for-knives/
For the maker’s impression on various steels click here: https://msicardcutlery.com/knife-making-steel-information-faq/
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Kitchen Knives
Standard Laser Line Gyuto 185mm-210mm (Made To Order)
Price range: $313.00 through $360.00“Standard Laser Line” knives are made to order in intervals of 8 weeks, or 10 orders, whichever comes first. Ordering places you in queue for a batch knife, the “Basic Models” knives are not stocked.
My basic laser offering, the “Standard Laser Line Gyuto” these are my “OG” laser pattern. These are designed to be basic knives with high performance grinds, and these blades are the exact same ones that you would find on my premium offerings.
This line features:
-Length options from 185mm-250mm
-Stainless and carbon steel options (AEB-L+52100)
-Full convex grinds
-2.7mm stock thickness
-Moderate distal taper with a fine tip
-Burned oak handles (excellent texture)
-Thin geometry <.2mm @1mm above the edge at the midpoint
-Belt finishes
-Forward balance
-50 to 52mm Blade height
-50/50 grinds
-KS inspired profiles
– Target hardnesses ~62/63hrc (AEB-L) and ~64/65hrc (52100)
-120g-170g weight
*If you’d like to place an order for a blade with non standard dimensions, steel, or handle material please use the custom form by clicking here.
**These blades will be completed on a made to order basis in small batches with a lead time of 4-12 weeks
*** The blades depicted are examples only to exhibit the finish and profile used, as well as the handle material in the case of the burned oak specimens. These are not the actual knives you will receive.
**** The “Standard Laser Line Gyuto” is intended to serve as a way to provide an excellent cutting experience at a modest price. Though every effort will be made to produce consistent blades, some variation is normal as the “Standard Laser Line Gyuto”, like all my blades, are made entirely by hand.
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Kitchen Knives
Deluxe Laser Line Gyuto 185mm-210mm (Made To Order)
Price range: $363.00 through $410.00“Deluxe Laser Line” knives are made to order in intervals of 8 weeks, or 10 orders, whichever comes first. Ordering places you in queue for a batch knife, the “Basic Models” knives are not stocked.
The “Deluxe Laser Line” is the upgraded version of the standard laser line. While the key features remain the same, some key adjustments to the geometry and finish are made
This line features:
-Length options from 185mm-250mm
-Stainless and carbon steel options (AEB-L+52100)
-Full convex grinds
-2.7mm stock thickness
-Moderate distal taper with a fine tip
-Burned oak handles (excellent texture)
-Thin geometry <.2mm @1mm above the edge at the midpoint
-600 grit hand finishes
-Stone tuned bevels (lower 10mm of the blade)
-Improved food release
-Near zero grinds
-Forward balance
-50 to 52mm Blade height
-50/50 grinds
-KS inspired profiles
– Target hardnesses ~62/63hrc (AEB-L) and ~64/65hrc (52100)
-120g-170g weight
*If you’d like to place an order for a blade with non standard dimensions, steel, or handle material please use the custom form by clicking here.
**These blades will be completed on a made to order basis in small batches with a lead time of 4-12 weeks
*** The blades depicted are examples only to exhibit the finish and profile used, as well as the handle material. These are not the actual knives you will receive.
**** The “Deluxe Laser Line Gyuto” like the Standard Line, is intended to serve as a way to provide an excellent cutting experience at a modest price. Though every effort will be made to produce consistent blades, some variation is normal as the “Deluxe Laser Line Gyuto”, like all my blades, are made entirely by hand.
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Kitchen Knives
240mm ProCut San-Mai Gyuto
$890.00This 240mm ProCut blade will be my second available in this new and innovative steel. I’ve elected to utilize san-mai construction for my ProCut blades owing to the costs associated with acquiring it. ProCut is a brand new steel released by Pop’s Knife Supply and Larrin Thomas. You could think of ProCut as a steel with the toughness of 80CrV2, the nickel content of 15n20 and edge retention somewhere between 52100 and AEB-L.
This 240mm ProCut blade features a stone tuned geometry and a very fine 2500 grit finish that was finished with my own special polishing mix that results in a kasumi-like finish without the use of uchigumori. This finish highlights the core steel while creating a smokey haze where some minor carbon migration has occurred and leaves subtle intimations of the endogenous banding within the cladding steel. Interestingly enough it even highlighted a couple of inclusions within the cladding steel.
Blade Details
Blade: 240mmx51mm ProCut+ Low carbon steel (~64/65 hrc) Stone tuned bevels + 2500 grit hand finish + pseudo uchigumori/kasumi polish.
Neck: 17mmx19mm
Handle: Stabilized/dyed maple burl and paper micarta, oil finished, buffed and waxed
POB: 40mm from the handle
Spine: 3.53mm at the handle, 2.42mm at halfway, .68mm 1cm from the tip
Grind: full convex RH bias
Weight: 196g
Relieved choil and spine
Edge: .16mm@1mm, .27mm@2mm from the edge, measured at the midpoint
Blade Special Features
Fully convex ground blade, low carbon clad.
To learn more about ProCut steel click here: https://knifesteelnerds.com/2025/06/04/pops-procut-a-new-carbon-steel-for-knives/
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Gyuto (Chef's Knife)
225mm ProCut +Wrought Iron San-Mai Gyuto
$50.00This 225mm ProCut blade will be my first available in this new and innovative steel. I’ve elected to utilize san-mai construction for my ProCut blades owing to the costs associated with acquiring it. ProCut is a brand new steel released by Pop’s Knife Supply and Larrin Thomas. You could think of ProCut as a steel with the toughness of 80CrV2, the nickel content of 15n20 and edge retention somewhere between 52100 and AEB-L.
This 225mm ProCut blade features a stone tuned geometry and a very fine 2500 grit finish that was finished with my own special polishing mix that results in a kasumi-like finish without the use of uchigumori
Please note that there is a small blemish in the handle where a chip was repaired during construction.
Blade Details
Blade: 224mmx51mm ProCut+ Wrought Iron (~64/65 hrc) Stone tuned bevels + 2500 grit hand finish + pseudo uchigumori/kasumi polish.
Neck: 17mmx18mm
Handle: Stabilized amboyna burl, oil finished, buffed and waxed
POB: 42mm from the handle
Spine: 3.29mm at the handle, 2.70mm at halfway, .65mm 1cm from the tip
Grind: full convex RH bias
Weight: 183g
Relieved choil and spine
Edge: .17mm@1mm, .28mm@2mm from the edge, measured at the midpoint
Blade Special Features
Fully convex ground blade, wrought iron clad.
To learn more about ProCut steel click here: https://knifesteelnerds.com/2025/06/04/pops-procut-a-new-carbon-steel-for-knives/
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Kitchen Knives
Standard Laser Line Gyuto 225mm-250mm (Made To Order)
Price range: $380.00 through $427.00“Standard Laser Line” knives are made to order in intervals of 8 weeks, or 10 orders, whichever comes first. Ordering places you in queue for a batch knife, the “Basic Models” knives are not stocked.
My basic laser offering, the “Standard Laser Line Gyuto” these are my “OG” laser pattern. These are designed to be basic knives with high performance grinds, and these blades are the exact same ones that you would find on my premium offerings.
This line features:
-Length options from 185mm-250mm
-Stainless and carbon steel options (AEB-L+52100)
-Full convex grinds
-2.7mm stock thickness
-Moderate distal taper with a fine tip
-Burned oak handles (excellent texture)
-Thin geometry <.2mm @1mm above the edge at the midpoint
-Belt finishes
-Forward balance
-50 to 52mm Blade height
-50/50 grinds
-KS inspired profiles
– Target hardnesses ~62/63hrc (AEB-L) and ~64/65hrc (52100)
-120g-170g weight
*If you’d like to place an order for a blade with non standard dimensions, steel, or handle material please use the custom form by clicking here.
**These blades will be completed on a made to order basis in small batches with a lead time of 4-12 weeks
*** The blades depicted are examples only to exhibit the finish and profile used, as well as the handle material in the case of the burned oak specimens. These are not the actual knives you will receive.
**** The “Standard Laser Line Gyuto” is intended to serve as a way to provide an excellent cutting experience at a modest price. Though every effort will be made to produce consistent blades, some variation is normal as the “Standard Laser Line Gyuto”, like all my blades, are made entirely by hand.
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Kitchen Knives
Deluxe Laser Line Gyuto 225mm-250mm (Made To Order)
Price range: $430.00 through $477.00“Deluxe Laser Line” knives are made to order in intervals of 8 weeks, or 10 orders, whichever comes first. Ordering places you in queue for a batch knife, the “Basic Models” knives are not stocked.
The “Deluxe Laser Line” is the upgraded version of the standard laser line. While the key features remain the same, some key adjustments to the geometry and finish are made
This line features:
-Length options from 185mm-250mm
-Stainless and carbon steel options (AEB-L+52100)
-Full convex grinds
-2.7mm stock thickness
-Moderate distal taper with a fine tip
-Burned oak handles (excellent texture)
-Thin geometry <.2mm @1mm above the edge at the midpoint
-600 grit hand finishes
-Stone tuned bevels (lower 10mm of the blade)
-Improved food release
-Near zero grinds
-Forward balance
-50 to 52mm Blade height
-50/50 grinds
-KS inspired profiles
– Target hardnesses ~62/63hrc (AEB-L) and ~64/65hrc (52100)
-120g-170g weight
*If you’d like to place an order for a blade with non standard dimensions, steel, or handle material please use the custom form by clicking here.
**These blades will be completed on a made to order basis in small batches with a lead time of 4-12 weeks
*** The blades depicted are examples only to exhibit the finish and profile used, as well as the handle material. These are not the actual knives you will receive.
**** The “Deluxe Laser Line Gyuto” like the Standard Line, is intended to serve as a way to provide an excellent cutting experience at a modest price. Though every effort will be made to produce consistent blades, some variation is normal as the “Deluxe Laser Line Gyuto”, like all my blades, are made entirely by hand.
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Gyuto (Chef's Knife)
250mm 52100 Tsuchime Gyuto
$700.00A 250mm 52100 Tsuchime Gyuto
This blade is a bit of a departure from my typical “laser” style kitchen knives. This blade was forged with a heavy taper from neck to tip under special dies I made to create the embellished dimple pattern (tsuchime) on the surface. The grinding of blades like this is a bit difficult for me and it’s easy to slip and irreversibly mar the tsuchime pattern so it took very deliberate and slow progress to get it set as I wanted it. After that I leveled out the bevels using a 250 grit whetstone to even out the bevel surfaces and apply the ever essential convexity and further finished out the blade using 600 grit sandpaper. All of that extra work has resulted in this heavily tapered workhorse 250mm 52100 Tsuchime Gyuto that simply glides through produce.
Blade Details
Blade: 254mmx56mm 52100 (~65 hrc) stone flattened bevels + 600 grit hand finish
Neck: 19mmx18mm
Handle: Locally sourced sugar maple, oil finished and waxed
POB: 57mm from the handle
Spine: 6.55mm at the handle, 6.11mm above the heel, 2.66mm at halfway, .73mm 1cm from the tip
Grind: full convex RH bias
Weight: 254g
Relieved choil and spine
Edge: .22mm@1mm, .36mm@2mm from the edge, measured at the midpoint, zero ground
Blade Special Features
A forged and fully convex ground blade with stone set bevels and tsuchime
To learn more about 52100 steel click here: https://knifesteelnerds.com/2019/01/28/history-and-properties-of-52100-steel/
For the maker’s summative take on 52100 click here: https://msicardcutlery.com/knife-making-steel-information-faq/
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Gyuto (Chef's Knife)
245mm AEB-L Gyuto Chef Knife
Original price was: $425.00.$350.00Current price is: $350.00.A 245mm AEB-L Gyuto Chef Knife
Blade Details
- Blade: 245mmx51mm AEB-L (63 hrc) scotchbrite belt finish
- Neck: 20mmx19mm
- Handle: 136mm long, curly maple oiled and waxed
- POB: 50mm from the hande
- Spine: 2.45mm at the neck, 2.28mm at halfway, .46mm 1cm from the tip
- Grind: flat to convex, right hand bias
- Weight: 146g
- Relieved choil and spine
- Edge: .17mm@1mm, Measured at the midpoint.
Blade Special Features
Simple, functional, utilitarian with a bit of flare.
To read more about AEBL click here: https://knifesteelnerds.com/2019/03/04/all-about-aeb-l/
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Gyuto (Chef's Knife)
Ultra Thin 250mm KS Pattern Gyuto-Matched Pair-52100/AEB-L
$912.00An Ultra Thin 250mm Gyuto-Matched Pair
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to own two otherwise identical knives made from different steels? Well here’s your chance!
This was a fun project, an ultra thin 250mm gyuto-matched pair in the ever popular KS style utilizing two of my favorite steels, AEB-L and 52100. Admittedly these knives came out a bit thinner than I intended, but that’s probably in keeping with their parent design. The weights, tapers and grinds are very nearly identical on these blades with similar degrees of convexity and nail flexing ease.
In all the pictures and measurements the AEB-L is getting first billing. Where values are identical only one will be given. You’ll also notice in the pictures that the colouration at the neck is bolder for the 52100, if you’re having trouble remembering which is which.
Blade Details
Blade: 253mmx52mm AEB-L(63hrc) 254mmx52mm+52100 (65hrc) fine belt finish
Neck: 18mmx17mm
Handle: Bloodwood and Walnut, oil finished and waxed
POB: 25mm from the handle
Spine: 2.54mm at the handle, 1.53mm at halfway, .31mm 1cm from the tip-2.38mm at the handle, 1.36mm at halfway, .34mm 1cm from the tip
Grind: flat to convex RH bias
Weight: 144g, 137g
Relieved choil and spine
Edge: .21mm/.2mm@1mm, measured at the midpoint,Blade Special Features
A matched pair of knives in different steels
To learn more about AEBL click here:https://knifesteelnerds.com/2019/03/04/all-about-aeb-l/
To learn more about 52100 click here: https://knifesteelnerds.com/2019/01/28/history-and-properties-of-52100-steel/
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Gyuto (Chef's Knife)
225mm Stainless Damascus Gyuto
Original price was: $1,010.00.$800.00Current price is: $800.00.A 225mm (9 Inch) Stainless Damascus Gyuto Chef Knife
This blade represents a real milestone in my development and work. This is an inhouse made stainless damascus gyuto.
Stainless damascus is quite difficult to make compared to carbon steel damascus and I have spent MANY dollars and hours trying and sort of succeeding. This blade is the result of tuning the process to eliminate the ~50% failure/material loss I was experiencing previously.
It’s quite light, but not handle heavy—I chose that amber coloured cocobolo handle specifically for its light weight to maintain forward balance. I’ve also done test cuts and I have to say I’m impressed. Not only does the blade have less drag than an etched carbon steel damascus knife, but despite its thinness the food release is quite impressive. Full convex grinds are really hard to beat in that regard.
Ease of sharpening: it’s basically as easy to sharpen as AEB-L– which people love.
Blade Details
- Blade: 227mmx56mm High Contrast Stainless Damascus (AEB-L+304) (62-63 hrc) 600 grit hand finish + light etch
- Neck: 18mmx18mm
- Handle: Cocobolo and walnut, oil finished and waxed
- POB: 34mm from the handle
- Spine: 1.92mm at the handle, 1.66mm at halfway, .44mm 1cm from the tip
- Grind: full convex 50/50 ground
- Weight: 123g
- Relieved choil and spine
- Edge: .19mm@1mm, .28mm@2mm from the edge, measured at the midpoint,
Blade Special Features
The steel of this 225mm (9 Inch) Stainless Damascus Gyuto Chef Knife is in house made stainless steel damascus
To learn more about stainless damascus click here: https://knifesteelnerds.com/2023/07/13/does-damascus-outperform-super-steels-testing-different-combinations/
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Gyuto (Chef's Knife)
245mm Wootz Gyuto
$640.00A 245mm Wootz Gyuto
Here’s my most recent attempt at a wootz gyuto. It has a somewhat different composition than the ones I’ve previously made, and it could be thought of as a deeper hardening 26c3/spicy white. Unfortunately this composition did not give me a well broken down structure after forging, or very good contrast. I’ll most likely avoid this particular composition in the future. That said the blade does exhibit very interesting banding as well as a few ashi near the tip. Closeups of the pattern are attached.
Blade Details
Blade: 245mmx55mm 1.28% High Mn Wootz, 1200 grit hand finish + etch and polish
Neck: 21.5mmx18mm
Handle: Birdseye maple and bloodwood, oil finished and waxed
POB: 50mm from the handle
Spine: 3.04mm at the handle, 2.42mm at halfway, .52mm 1cm from the tip
Grind: flat to convex RH bias
Weight: 169g
Relieved choil and spine
Edge: .22mm@1mm, .34mm@2mm, measured at the midpoint,Blade Special Features
1.28% C high Mn 245mm Wootz Gyuto
To learn more about wootz click here: https://knifesteelnerds.com/2024/04/22/wootz-the-true-damascus-steel/
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Gyuto (Chef's Knife)
215mm Crucible Steel Gyuto Chef Knife
$825.00A 215mm Crucible Steel Gyuto Chef Knife
As part of my pursuit of wootz steel I decided to do some experimenting with other alloys. This is one such. It’s based on 52100, but enhanced to provide greater edge retention. This steel displays a very interesting dendritic pattern as a result of its method of manufacture, it isn’t wootz, but follows a similar principle.
Blade Details
Blade: 215mmx54mm Crucible Steel (65+HRC) 600 grit hand finish + light etch to reveal the banding pattern
Neck: 19mmx17mm
Handle: leopardwood and Walnut, oil finished and waxed
POB: 18mm from the handle (above the heel)
Spine: 3.08mm at the handle, 2.18mm at halfway, .47mm 1cm from the tip
Grind: flat to convex RH bias
Weight: 157g
Relieved choil and spine
Edge: .15mm@1mm, .30mm@2mm, .49mm@5mm, .81mm@10mm from the edge, measured at the midpointBlade Special Features
In house designed and produced 215mm Crucible Steel Gyuto Chef Knife
For more information on wootz/crucible steel click here: https://knifesteelnerds.com/2024/04/22/wootz-the-true-damascus-steel/
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Gyuto (Chef's Knife)
240mm A2 Gyuto Chef Knife (SKD12)
$621.00A 240mm A2 Gyuto Chef Knife
This 240mm A2 Gyuto Chef Knife utilizes a profile which is a variation on my Sabatier styled pattern with a a slightly lower tip, and a slightly longer flat. It’s also a bit heavier than is typical for me owing to a bit less distal taper than I usually grind. Nail flexing, full convex and hand finished in (seemingly) everyone’s favourite semi stainless. This knife should be a delight.
Blade Dimensions
Blade: 242mmx51mm A2 (63-64hrc) 600 grit hand finish
Neck: 18mmx17mm
Handle: Birdseye Maple and Walnut, oil finished and waxed
POB: 50mm from the handle
Spine: 3.54mm at the handle, 2.74mm at halfway, .68mm 1cm from the tip
Grind: full convex slight right hand bias
Weight: 166g
Relieved choil and spine
Edge: .13mm@1mm, .26mm@2mm, .58mm@5mm, .90mm@10mm from the edge, measured at the midpoint,
Blade Construction & Steel Type
Mono steel A2 tool steel (skd12) (63-64hrc) 600 grit hand finish
Handle Material & Construction
Birdseye Maple and Walnut, oil finished and waxed
Blade Special Features
Hand finished
To read more about A2 tool steel click here: https://knifesteelnerds.com/2019/04/22/a2-steel-history-and-properties/
