205mm 80CrV2 Tsuchime Cleaver

A 205mm 80CrV2 Tsuchime Cleaver

This is a somewhat unique blade in that it’s a forge finished 80CrV2. Of the carbon steels, 80CrV2 and 1084 are the only ones available in Canada in cleaver width sheets, and that’s not a bad thing as I think that those steels are particularly better suited to cleavers than steels like W2 or 26c3 owing to their significantly greater toughness. This blade is essentially 2/3 flat with a slight upsweep to the tip in the last 1/3. Admittedly this blade is flatter ground than I find ideal, but it’s difficult to make a convex grind and preserve tsuchime with my current set up. Interestingly this my 365th kitchen knife and it came out to 365g.

Blade Details

Blade: 207mmx79mm 80CrV2 (64-65hrc) belt finished + tsuchime
Handle: Burned oak, oil finished and waxed
POB: 75mm from the handle
Spine: 3.2mm stock, no meaningful taper
Grind: RH biased fairly flat
Weight: 365g
Relieved choil and spine
Edge: .18mm@1mm measured at the midpoint,

Blade Special Features

Forged tsuchime finish 205mm 80CrV2 Tsuchime Cleaver

For more information on 80CrV2 steel click here: https://knifesteelnerds.com/2022/06/23/how-to-heat-treat-80crv2/

For the maker’s summative impressions of 80CrV2 click here: https://msicardcutlery.com/knife-making-steel-information-faq/