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Kitchen Knives
Basic Models Sujihiki (Made To Order)
Price range: $25.00 through $50.00“Basic Models” knives are made to order in intervals of 8 weeks, or 10 orders, whichever comes first
These are my “Basic Models Sujihiki”, like the “Basic Models” gyutos, santokus, bunka, nakiri and cleavers they are the most basic and affordable knives I can produce
They feature:
-Burned oak handles from reclaimed wood
-Low, high bevels
-Convex zero grinds, hand sharpened
-Nail flexing edges
-As quenched finishes
-1.6mm blade stock
-Forward balance
-~38/39mm tall
-AEB-L stainless steel or 52100 Carbon steel
-Rounded spines and choils
-Weights in the <180g range (150gr for a 270mm)
-Excellent food release
-Cutting ability close to more extensively ground blades
– ~$225 CAD and below price point for most offeringsI have tested the Basics Models sujihiki and I have to say, part of me is a bit irritated at just how well they do considering how rough they are. They aren’t pretty, and they’re not intended to be, and tip cuts aren’t quite as smooth as they would be on blades with more taper, but these are undoubtedly performers.
*Basic Models” knives generally feature some dimpling from mechanical straightening.
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Kitchen Knives
MSC X Rockchop 270mm Honyaki Sujihiki (Sheffcut)
$50.00A 270mm honyaki sujihiki
I’m happy to announce the release of the first of my collaborations with Steve of Rockchop Knife Co.
Some of you may recall my previous 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! This 270mm honyaki sujihiki represents the first of our work together.
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 first knife is a sujihiki, 272mm X 40mm X 2.9mm and 157g in weight (handle incl.). The handle is one of my Bolivian Rosewood and Peruvian walnut combo handles. The blade is a SheffCut abura honyaki that I quenched about 2 years ago. It has a full convex grind, distal taper, and 14000 grit mirror finish.
To learn more about SheffCut steel click: Here
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Sujihiki (Slicer)
285mm CPM-D2 Sujihiki
Original price was: $583.00.$408.00Current price is: $408.00.A 285mm CPM-D2 Sujihiki
Here I have a lighter 285mm CPM-D2 sujihiki available, made from the semi-stainless steel; CPM-D2. Conventional D2 has a long history of use in knives, and a derivative of it is used for some Japanese kitchen knives called SDK11 or sometimes SDL. This steel however, is a significant upgrade from conventional D2/SKD11 as the powder metallurgy process creates much finer and more evenly distributed carbides in the steel, resulting in twice the toughness at the same hardness and much improved fine edge stability (not to mention greater ease of grinding). D2 lacks any vanadium or tungsten carbides, and as a result is fully serviceable on conventional stones, despite being a fairly high wear resistant steel. This is a fairly thin suji, but owing to the very gradual taper in the first 2/3 of the blade, is quite stiff for its thickness.
Blade Dimensions
- Blade: 285mmx42mm CPM D2 (64-65 HRC) scotchbrite belt finish
- Neck: 18mmx20mm
- Handle: 130mm long, 22mmx24mm tapering to 18mmx21mm- Oil finished maple (some spalting)
- POB: 65mm from the hande
- Spine: 2.71mm at the neck, 2.4mm at 15.3cm, .71mm 1cm from the tip
- Grind: flat to convex, right hand bias
- Weight: 152g
- Relieved choil and spine
- Edge: .17mm@1mm, .3mm@2mm, .56mm@5mm, .88mm@10mm Measured at the midpoint.
Blade Special Features
A 285mm CPM-D2 Sujihiki
To learn more about CPM-D2 click here: https://knifesteelnerds.com/2020/08/31/how-to-heat-treat-d2-psf27-and-cpm-d2/
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Sujihiki (Slicer)
230mm Wrought Iron San-Mai Sujihiki
$648.00A 230mm Wrought Iron San-Mai Sujihiki
(Written June 2023) Here I have a first for me, a wrought iron san-mai sujihiki with a birdseye maple handle. I had originally set out to make a 270mm, but owing to a very thin core and .008″ of offset in my drawing dies I ended up with a 2mm wide place in the edge where the cladding crossed the core, so I had to shorten it. Nevertheless I would say my first foray into forging wrought iron san mai went well, and I look forward to using more of this material in the future. This wrought exhibits a lot of character, even a somewhat frosty look up close, and as I discovered during the etch, patinas with some variation in colour. I’ll be very interested to see how it looks after slicing up a hot roast or two.
Blade Details
- Blade: 234mmx40mm wrought clad 52100 san-mai (~64 hrc),1200 grit finish, etch and polish
- Neck: 17mmx18mm
- Handle: 134mm long, 19mmx25mm tapering to 18mmx22mm, roasted birdseye maple, oil finished and waxed
- POB: 45mm from the hande
- Spine: 2.9mm at the handle, 2.47mm above the heel, 2.44mm at 12.5cm, .76mm 1cm from the tip
- Grind: flat to convex, right hand bias
- Weight: 134g
- Relieved choil and spine
- Edge: .22mm@1mm, .36mm@2mm, .48mm@5mm, .80mm@10mm, measured at the heel. .12mm@1mm, .25mm@2mm, .45mm@5mm, .79mm@10mm Measured at the midpoint.
Blade Special Features
Wrought iron san-mai sujihiki
To learn more about 52100 click here: https://knifesteelnerds.com/2019/01/28/history-and-properties-of-52100-steel/
