Wa Gyuto in AEBL, Manzanita Burl, and Ebony

This one is ready to go. Wa Gyuto in AEBL with manzanita burl and ebony with copper spacer. Wood is oil and beeswax finish, and should be regularly touched up to keep it in good condition. Shaped D style handle, with rounded spine and choil for comfort.
The blade thickness starts at 2.6 mm and tapers to about 1.5 mm 2 inches from the tip, with a full convex grind front and back. Convexing is done on my rotary platen.
Professionally hardened to 62.
Blade height: 46 mm at heel.
Blade length: 210 mm
Handle: 135 mm
OAL: 360 mm
$ 285.00 plus shipping

Thanks for having a look

 

Nice clean work!

 

Thanks Lefty! My first manzanita handle. I love the stuff.

 

This knife is sold. Thanks!

 

a beauty Mark

 

Thanks Mike. A lot of work went into this one, but to be honest, I have changed my pattern fairly significantly on the batch just sent to HT.
I have a couple more in this style to finish, and they should be great slicers on the thin side.
The next batch will be more robust in thickness, and much more complex in geometry.

I am thinking about posting some pics when they get back from heat treat and get some advice from folks here on preferred blade shape and grind geometry if I can.

 

Knife looks very nice and it looks like you have that shape of handle down perfectly but just a comment on geometry... I prefer a lower tip. The cutting motion per my style is just smoother with a flatter profile but I don't rock chop really ever.

 

I appreciate you taking the time to comment about that Dough. Funny I realized I spent the last 8 months studying the traditional Japanese blade styles. This last month I have been looking harder at U.S. maker's gyuto style and it has been seeping into my design. Last night I spent literally 30 minutes oggling this Catchside gyuto and this morning I redrew my design.
It isn't like the Catchside much, except that the blade is much flatter.
It just looks better, even on paper.

You can see the blank in the pick was edited via sharpy and will be re-profiled. I used this blank to draw and rework the blade design this morning on paper. Is this what you are talking about?

 

This knife is available again. Price lowered at $255.00

 

sorry the belated reply but that is exactly what I was talking about. Another reason I personally like that profile is when doing tip work you don't have to raise the heel as much. also that is a great price.

 

I appreciate the feedback.
As far as price, it is hard to get paid for your work as a relatively unknown maker. It takes time, and I just continue to study and improve my designs.
It is an exciting journey, but the Mrs is a bit anxious to see a return on the tooling investment.

I hope you'll check back in the next few months and let me know what you think of the new work.

 

Bump, I have a gyuto and yanagi from mark , and They're excellent cutter

 

Thanks for the endorsement Otoro. I'm glad the knives are working out well for you.