200mm MagnaCut Gyuto

A 200mm MagnaCut gyuto

This 200mm 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: 200mmx50mm MagnaCut (~63hrc) belt finish

Neck: 18mmx18mm

Handle: Bolivian Rosewood and Walnut, oil finished and waxed

POB: 20mm from the handle

Spine: 2.12mm at the handle, 1.96mm at halfway, .61mm 1cm from the tip

Grind: full convex 50/50 bias

Weight: 123g

Relieved choil and spine

Edge: .13mm@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/