Practice Gyuto with western handle

This is a prototype of a gyuto I was working on. ( the one I almost sold it to a non knife nut )It has a hidden tang western style handle although next lot will be secured with a mosaic pin too in addition . Handle is tiger maple from dream burls and bimble burl with a copper liner and a brass tip.
The blade is made from a simple high carbon steel, around 60-61, with a 216 mm cutting edge and 50 mm tall at the heel . It is quite stiff , 3mm at the spine and more like workhorse category than laser but it is still very thin behind the edge. Overall length 355 mm and weighs 207 grams . Balance point is one inch before handle . It is asymmetric ground for right handed person
Since it is a practice knife I only have ground it to 120 grit just in case I may have to alter the grind after testing. I put a mustard patina on it make it stable in pro kitchen .









I suck at this choil shots , hope you can see it is thin behind the edge .
Thanks for looking , Mert

 

I like it!

 

Nice job, Mert.

 

:like:

 

I like your yard, where do you find time to cook, make knives, and keep your yard. Mine looks like a rainforest.

 

Where I live there are lots of vines , which are maintained by grounds men, my yard looks like a rainforest with the addition of funnel web and red back spiders

 

Is it flat ground? How does it actually performs in your tests?
I like the overall look. Pretty professional. Like a big santoku with nice hidden tang handle.

 

Thank you Anton , the left side is pretty flat and right side more pronounced for easy food release for a right handed person . I am doing 3 more of these knives in a better carbon and stainless steels , they will have a slimmer tip , making it less santoku like. I am usually really hard on my own work but I was really happy with cutting performance , didn't need to alter the grind . I kept looking for things to cut

 

Looks great!

 

That you kept looking for things to cut is the sign of a winner I think!

 

Looking good~!

 

Thanks for the kind words everyone

 

Rami must be very happy now.

 

Yes indeed

 

Oh ya. Very happy. Loved that blade from the first day I saw it.

 

I agree with everyone else "you're doing great!"

 

Thank you Mark , I will using the koa I got from you for the next one , really looking forward for it

 

Stunning, Mert, keep up the good work.

 

Nice going Mert. Nice to see you progressing so quickly.

 

Looks very useful, well done!