225mm (9 Inch) Stainless Damascus Gyuto Chef Knife

A 225mm (9 Inch) Stainless Damascus Gyuto Chef Knife

This blade represents a real milestone in my development and work. This is an inhouse made stainless damascus gyuto.

Stainless damascus is quite difficult to make compared to carbon steel damascus and I have spent MANY dollars and hours trying and sort of succeeding. This blade is the result of tuning the process to eliminate the ~50% failure/material loss I was experiencing previously.

It’s quite light, but not handle heavy—I chose that amber coloured cocobolo handle specifically for its light weight to maintain forward balance. I’ve also done test cuts and I have to say I’m impressed. Not only does the blade have less drag than an etched carbon steel damascus knife, but despite its thinness the food release is quite impressive. Full convex grinds are really hard to beat in that regard.

Ease of sharpening: it’s basically as easy to sharpen as AEB-L– which people love.

Blade Details

• Blade: 227mmx56mm High Contrast Stainless Damascus (AEB-L+304) (62-63 hrc) 600 grit hand finish + light etch
• Neck: 18mmx18mm
• Handle: Cocobolo and walnut, oil finished and waxed
• POB: 34mm from the handle
• Spine: 1.92mm at the handle, 1.66mm at halfway, .44mm 1cm from the tip
• Grind: full convex 50/50 ground
• Weight: 123g
• Relieved choil and spine
• Edge: .19mm@1mm, .28mm@2mm from the edge, measured at the midpoint,

Blade Special Features

The steel of this 225mm (9 Inch) Stainless Damascus Gyuto Chef Knife is in house made stainless steel damascus

To learn more about stainless damascus click here: https://knifesteelnerds.com/2023/07/13/does-damascus-outperform-super-steels-testing-different-combinations/