280mm honyaki workhorse gyuto in W2

Hi everyone , I managed to finish this knife for a patient client of mine and managed to get few pics before I shipped it .





During the making of the knife the steel choice , the construction and the size changed few times but at the Sydney knife show my client used my tester workhorse gyuto and he was set on profile and the grind





It's forged from W2, differentially heat treated with clay . 280mm at the edge and 58mm tall ( same dimensions as my tester knife ) slight asymmetric ground for right handed person and smaller handle than the one I made for my workhorse .






The activity on the hamon and the clouds can be seen better in these pictures





Handle is octagonal ebony , nickel spacer and walrus Ivory ferrule .
Usual treatment of rounded spine and choil finished to 1500grit



I have tried something for the first time , instead of using heavy hardwood for saya I have used pine which is very easy to work with and I have charred the outside , it resembles to the burnt chestnut and feels very similar






I have to say I have been giving lot more importance to my fit and finish compared to my earlier knives , hope you can see the difference .
Feel free to comment , thanks for looking


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I love it Mert!
The tempering looks fantastic.
With the smaller handle where does it balance?

 

Thanks Jim , the balance point is still just in front of the makers mark , although the handle is smaller the added weight of the ebony and nickel spacer gives the same feeling and the weight of the tester knife


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Does that actually have to touch produce to separate it, or does it just scare it to pieces?

Phenomenal Mert!

Cheers

J


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Touching is usually sufficient , it instantly hits the cutting board ...

Phone was leaning to the cutting board , sorry for the bad video and the vibrations but you should get an idea


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Mert, the burnt pine is a nice look. Noticed the lack of a pin, is that being added later or are you relying on a friction fit. I like the idea of no pin to lose but would worry that the natural expansion/contraction of the pine would cause issues.

 

Bill , it was a quite tight fit , didn't find it necessary , I am still playing with the burnt pine , once I am perfectly happy I will offer it as a saya option , at this stage it is still an experiment


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