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    230mm Forged Low Bevel Gyuto (26c3)

     $50.00

    A 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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    Forged Banding 200mm D2 Gyuto

     $900.00

    D2 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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    240mm Forged Banding A2 Gyuto

     $1,055.00

    A 240mm Forged Banding A2 Gyuto

    This 240mm Forged Banding A2 Gyuto was forged down from thick stock very carefully to manipulate the microstructure of the steel such that it displays an active and attractive pattern reminiscent of watering wootz or raindrop damascus. The handle is made from in-house stabilized maple burl that was carefully selected among many other blocks specifically for this project.

    Blade Details

     

    Blade: 244mmx54mm A2 tool steel (~64hrc) 2500 grit hand finish with multiple etch and polish cycles using loose abrasive

    Neck: 18mmx19mm

    Handle: Stabilized maple burl, oil finished buffed and waxed

    POB: 39mm from the handle

    Spine: 3.08mm at the handle, 2.74mm at halfway, .45mm 1cm from the tip

    Grind: full convex 50/50 bias

    Weight: 202g

    Relieved choil and spine

    Edge: .22mm@1mm, .36mm@2mm from the edge, measured at the midpoint

     

    Blade Special Features

    Fully convex ground blade made of forged A2 tool steel and given a very fine polish to accentuate the steel banding.

     

    To learn more about A2 tool steel click here: https://knifesteelnerds.com/2019/04/22/a2-steel-history-and-properties/

    For the maker’s summative assessments of various cutlery steels click here: https://msicardcutlery.com/knife-making-steel-information-faq/

     

     

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