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You are way too kind....but thanks.

 

Here is Rick's long awaited Martell 240mm wa gyuto. I had some help with this one, Stefan Keller did the handle and look at that handle!

The blade is O-1 at Rc60-61 and the handle is African Blackwood, with a streaked buffalo horn ferrule, a vintage red bakelite spacer has been used, with a mammoth tooth end cap!!!

Rick, the pictures look like crud is comparison to real life so don't fret it too much, you'll have this in hand soon enough and you can oogle it all you want then. I just hope that it lives up to your expectations and was worth the very long wait. Thanks for your patience!

Dave

 

Wow that is nice.

 

Dave, that looks sweet. Bravo to you and Stefan.

k.

 

There's your perfect combination of function and style right there.

Amazing.

 

Cool combo. Have fun Rick!

 

Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!

 

Damn........that's awesome!

Like Rick needed to cut faster or better....

 

Just adding in the last three I've done...

 

Another long awaited one from the list is done!!!

This one belongs to Ben who challenged me to do some stuff I've never done before. What we have here is (my interpretation of) a 240mm wa kiritsuke in O1. The handle is Oregon Maple burl (from Burl Source) with black buffalo horn ferrule and nickel silver accents. This is only my 2nd ever wa handle and I'm a lot happier with it than I was with the first.

So what do you guys think about both the style of the blade and the wa handle? I sort of like them and I'm thinking of making both again with the handle style as an option for my knives going forward. I'd love to hear your opinions.

To Ben, thanks for your patience and I hope this is what you were looking for because I really don't want to do it again. LOL

 

Looks very comfortable, more on the bigger side than the horn handle. And I am out of a job

Stefan

 

Never! You are the Handlemeister

 

BTW, it looks big because the knife is shorter in height than my gytuos.

 

She sure is a looker! How does the handle feel in hand? :cool1

 

Thanks Jim. I like the handle feel but I'm biased.

 

Looks fantastic. How tall is it at the heel?

 

Crap, I never measured it, I'd guess about 50mm.

 

Very nice Dave, like the Kiritsuke style!! If we go by it being 240mm tip to ferrule then a quick calculation makes the heel height approx 48mm, which is right around your around guesstimate.

 

WOW!!! Really like everything about the K-tipped gyuto. I can see you taking a boat load of orders for this style!

 

That would be great!

Thanks!