Gyuto #2

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This is my second go at a gyuto. I still have a long way to go but this one is a lot better than my first. It's 1095 and Bolivian rosewood. I feel the fit and finish is where most of my improvement has been. I wish I could get the rosewood grain to pop. I just sanded to 1500 and buffed. I've read so many saying not to put anything on it because it won't take because of the oils. I still need to work on my blade finish. Sorry the pics aren't great. Anyway let me know what you think.

 
Looks great! One suggestion would be to taper the front of the scales like you tapered the backs. You still could if you were careful about it. Looks great though.
 
Looks nice. How thick is the blade? It looks pretty thick toward the tip, did you do any distal taper? I'm starting on a gyuto and was planning on tapering it quite a bit. I don't know if that's traditional but it seems good for weight balance on a long blade.

I also would round off the fron of the scales a bit. Otherwise you have sharp corners on your fingers (if you use a pinch grip).
 
The profile looks excellent, the fit and finish looks great too. The thickness behind the edge at the choil looks like it may be too thick and on a chef knife that can be a deal breaker, fast.
 
I may try to taper these on the knife but will definitely do it on the next one. It's 1/8 inch and does taper a little bit but not too much. I ordered some .90 or so 1095, so my next one will be thinner to start.
Looks nice. How thick is the blade? It looks pretty thick toward the tip, did you do any distal taper? I'm starting on a gyuto and was planning on tapering it quite a bit. I don't know if that's traditional but it seems good for weight balance on a long blade.

I also would round off the fron of the scales a bit. Otherwise you have sharp corners on your fingers (if you use a pinch grip).
 
It is a little thick there. Not sure why but I kinda left it thick on purpose. I will grind the next one thinner but I guess I could move the choil towards the tip a little on this one and that would thin it out. It originally had a visible plunge cut before I blended it so I guess I left it a little thick. I'm definitely learning on the chef knives. I haven't been around too many good ones.
The profile looks excellent, the fit and finish looks great too. The thickness behind the edge at the choil looks like it may be too thick and on a chef knife that can be a deal breaker, fast.
 
It's beatiful work. The only thing I'd suggest has already been mentioned - taper and thickness of the blade are quite important in a chef's knife. I made my first gyuto recently and compared it to my Moritaka and learned a lot from the comparison. Narrow tapered blades are king in the kitchen. My knife cuts well and has a great edge, but the Moritaka almost falls through anything I want to cut. Most of that can be attributed to having a very slightly narrower spine, a bit better distal taper (mine was good, but didn't go back gradually enough) and most importantly was the spine to edge taper. On the Moritaka it's gradual all the way from spine to edge, on mine, it starts to taper about 1/2" below the spine. This results in a bit more wedging that makes it feel like more resistance going through food. My next one's going to fix that I hope. How does yours cut? It's hard to tell enough about the geometry from the pics you posted. It appears as though you could use a bit more taper at the distal end and near the edge it looks a bit thick from the choil shot, but it's hard to say from those pictures exactly what's going on.
 
Thanks Mike. I'm not real sure how to do a distal taper with the spine being so straight(if I understand what a distal taper is) On drop point knives it just kind of happens. I have another gyuto profiled and then I'm going to try some more chef knife designs so I will work on the finer details.
 
Distal taper tapers from handle to point, often mostly in the third of the blade nearest the tip. So how does it cut?
 
It cuts really well in my opinion but I'm no professional chef or knife maker, just a guy trying to learn how to make knives! This whole knife making thing sure is addictive.
 
For me a good test is a thick (1.5") carrot. Slice it and then compare with a known good knife. My first big kitchen knife is too thick. The gyuto I'm starting today will be thin thin thin.
 
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