knife patterns question

[Precision Edge Sharpening]

good afternoon, ive been on the look for new knife patterns/templates, specifically, a good santoku, Im curious if anyone could direct me to a website to buy them. I found one, Tharwa Valley Forge but not sure if their patterns are good or not. Any help is greatly appreciated.

 

[Alex Topfer]

Tharwa forge are fine, they're an established mob. Go with that if you like it

I would recommend drawing a bunch of santoku profiles based on various photos and choosing one of those you like. These aren't a machine thread, so there's no need to perfectly replicate a spec

 

[Stacy E. Apelt - Bladesmith]

Look up images of the knife style you want online in a search. You will find hundreds of ideas.I often print out te image and manipulate the size to be a 100% copy, whiuch I use for cutting out the blank.

A good source for basic shapes and info on Japanese knives is Z-knifes.

Japanese Kitchen Knife Types And Styles

Z-knives has a lot of useful info, especially their interactive comparison graph site for steel alloys.
Here is their home site:

Independent reviews of hunting, utility and survival knives, kitchen cutlery, flashlights, hardware, software, digital photography equipment.

 

[Wyo Coyote]

Murray Carter has a book "101 knife designs". It's a good resource to start with.

 

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This is the fun part.

Buy one of every one you see / like
Use em, handle em, figure out what you like.

 

[Daniel Fairly Knives]

The Murray Carter book is a huge influence here, it is really good.

 

[Stacy E. Apelt - Bladesmith]

I regularly use an internet search for ideas and shapes. If I want a gyuto, I search "gyuto images". You may see shapes and handle ideas you had not thought of. On many knives, there is a great variety of shapes that all have the same designation. This is especially true of Japanese knives and other ethnic knives like puukko.