270mm (10 5/8") Chef's knife, Ebony handle

[stephanfowler]

269mm Gyuto, Mizu Honyaki
58mm tall at the heel
2.1mm thick at heel
1.8mm at midpoint

W2 Steel
Ebony Octagon handle with Amboyna spacer and horn ferrule

Price $425
Price includes shipping and insurance (ConUS) and paypal fees.

 

[Dashdriver]

beautiful knife.

 

[stephanfowler]

Had a couple other interesting questions come up:

Hi Stephan,

Saw you're selling one of your honyaki knives. I have couple of questions. First, what are teh qualities of W2 steel as compared to others. Second on this particular knife, what is hardness of the steel? finally, do you have any choil shots?

Thanks in advance.

W2 is a fine grained high carbon tool steel. it is very similar to White #2 in chemical composition. hardens very well and is about the best I've ever used for edge retention.

It's a little chippy'er than 52100 but takes a bit of a finer edge.

imho beats O1 easily
very similar to 1095, takes a better edge and is more resilient due to the vanadium content.

I've not used any high grade stainless so I couldn't really compare there.


this blade is hardened at 59-60 HRC

Thanks, please let me know if I can help with anything else

Stephan

 

[stephanfowler]

This knife is sold