210mm 26c3 San-Mai (Left Hand Bias) Gyuto

A 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