215mm

This 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.

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To learn more about W2 tool steel click: Here

Thanks for looking!