Gyuto inspired knife, please comment

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Hi,

Here is a kitchen knife I had to finish for my wife, since I’ve promised her and you know how it goes if you put it off for too long.

I apologize for the blurry pics and quality, my fault, I need to get a tripod.

It is a Gyuto inspired, as you can see. I like stout chef style kitchen knives, that don’t flex too much, so here are the specs:

Blade steel: AEB-L
Spine thickness: 0.11” at the thickest point near the ricasso
Blade Length: 7 1/8” to the ricasso
Pins steel: 416 Stainless
Handle: Green linen Micarta

It is utilitarian, so pretty plain. I did hand sand it, but didn’t go too high, since the intended use. Left it at 600 grit.

And one other reason my wife was put on this earth was to be really hard on knifes. She’s a great tester… of worst case scenarios.

So here it is. As always I appreciate your comments.


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Thanks in advance,
Constantin
 
Handle seems to be pretty 2D, but I do like the knife. The finishing on the choil and blade look impeccable.
 
DustinY said:
Handle seems to be pretty 2D, but I do like the knife. The finishing on the choil and blade look impeccable.
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Thank you.

I kept the handle like this on purpose, easy to move up and down the handle for different grips, just a better design for a kitchen knife, my experience anyway.
 
HSC /// said:
What’s the heel height?
I have exaggerated my mark up but I probably would’ve come in More narrow with the handle at the heel

what’s the height of the handle?
I think for that 20 mm would be good

but looks good.

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Thank you for your feedback.

The widest width of the blade is 1.8” and the handle width is 1”.

The second pic shows the knife a little disproportionate, but the first one is a good representation.

Thanks again,
Constantin
 
I like the blade and the hollow on the front of the handle but the rest of the handle... even if it was designed that way... looks very vanilla IMHO.
 
The finish looks top noch, overall I also like the shape of the blade. Regardless of the specific design the handle looks a bit too tall and short to me. The thin scales exaggerate it even more than it might be the case.
 
Pins typically look better a bit above the Center line of the handle. Just my opinion though.
 
I'm curious to what extent you tuned the handle to your wife's needs. I made a couple for my wife and the first time I sculpted the handle until it felt great for me, but it still was much too thick for her. Without going back and forth, I never would have guessed how much smaller of a handle she prefers. That first knife is much worse than yours, but she has kindly pretended to like it for about 15 years and counting...
 
Richard338 said:
I'm curious to what extent you tuned the handle to your wife's needs. I made a couple for my wife and the first time I sculpted the handle until it felt great for me, but it still was much too thick for her. Without going back and forth, I never would have guessed how much smaller of a handle she prefers. That first knife is much worse than yours, but she has kindly pretended to like it for about 15 years and counting...
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my wife is opposite. She likes a baseball bat for a handle. She has moderate arthritis and cramping issues.
 
Richard338 said:
I'm curious to what extent you tuned the handle to your wife's needs. I made a couple for my wife and the first time I sculpted the handle until it felt great for me, but it still was much too thick for her. Without going back and forth, I never would have guessed how much smaller of a handle she prefers. That first knife is much worse than yours, but she has kindly pretended to like it for about 15 years and counting...
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Yes, I went back and forth, checking with her in terms of thickness. This is the second knife I made for her so that also helped.

I believe going with a simpler handle makes the fit more flexible. Can’t be properly seen in the picture, but the handle is rounder near the ricasso, like a tanto handle and gets a bit more square towards the end, for aesthetic, at least in my eyes anyway.
 
Few smiths put as much effort into handles as steel, hardening, and blade geometry. Most fail. Yours looks thoughtful and different.

Your ricasso and edge end also got me curious. What stock thickness did you begin with?
 
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marchone said:
Few smiths put as much effort into handles as steel, hardening, and blade geometry. Most fail. Yours looks thoughtful and different.

Your ricasso and edge end also got me curious. What stock thickness did you begin with?
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Started with 0.13” stock, thanks again.
 
I really like it. It is really streamlined looking! Good work. I hope I can just come close to this at one point!
 
Chris Perez said:
I really like it. It is really streamlined looking! Good work. I hope I can just come close to this at one point!
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Oh you will, just practice and with the great feedback and learning from this forum, you'll be there in no time. I'm pretty new to this as well.

Thanks and good luck.
 
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