185mm MagnaCut Gyuto

A 185mm MagnaCut gyuto

This 185mm MagnaCut gyuto features a very thin blade with a full convex grind that serves to optimize food release. Colloquially known as “lasers” very thin chef’s knives have a somewhat niche following of diehard adherents who believe “laser” geometry to be superior to all others, and if you’ve ever felt one glide through a potato on only its own weight you’d find it hard to disagree. Food release is of course somewhat impeded in comparison to more workhorse style blades, but the full convex geometry is intended to mitigate that as far as possible.

Blade Details

Blade: 185mmx50mm MagnaCut (~63hrc) belt finish

Neck: 18mmx19mm

Handle: Cocobolo and Walnut, oil finished and waxed

POB: 10mm from the handle

Spine: 2.16mm at the handle, 1.88mm at halfway, .58mm 1cm from the tip

Grind: full convex 50/50 bias

Weight: 110g

Relieved choil and spine

Edge: .18mm@1mm, .25mm@2mm from the edge, measured at the midpoint

Blade Special Features

Fully convex ground blade

To learn more about MagnaCut steel click here: https://knifesteelnerds.com/2021/03/25/cpm-magnacut/

For the maker’s summative take on MagnaCut click here: https://msicardcutlery.com/knife-making-steel-information-faq/