S-GRIND 8" GYUTO, CPM154CM, ALBINO CARABAO HORN, SCULPTED HANDLE

[Sean Mathew Alonzo]

Hey guys! Just finished up this recent piece for a customer. I've been doing quite a few of these custom S-grind chef knives... people seem to love it! let me know what you think!


DETAILS:
Blade Steel: CPM154CM, Cryo & 3x Tempered to 62HRc
*Tapered full tang, Distal tapered blade
Handle Material: Stabilized Albino Carabao Horn (blind pins), Carbon fiber liners
*Dovetailed 6Al4V Titanium Bolsters
Saya Scabbard: Reclaimed 300+ year old Acacia Slab, Carbon fiber liner
*Stabilized Albino Carabao horn retention pin


3 piece saya, held together with some black dyed JB Weld and 12 titanium pins to match the bolster


"Carabao" is colloquial English for a species of domestic Philippine Water buffalo, very similar to the buffalo horns used in ferrules on straight Japanese handles. Albino Carabao horns are prized since the mutation is rare. I'd say it's slightly softer than the black carabao horn, though it might just be my placebo.


Horn has this wonderful translucency that makes some of the keratin layers show. Stabilizing this material seems to make some of that detail more obvious. It also makes the material slightly more beige.


Tapered full tang, and a brightly polished sculpted handle.


Here's a closeup on that S-Grind. S-grinds are basically full flat grinds with a bulk of the flat hollow ground off. This helps with food release, makes the knife significantly lighter, and makes re-thinning much easier after years of use.



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[FOG2]

Amazing work sir !
That's the best pic of a S grind I have seen.

 

[IronRidgeOutdoors]

Nicely done!

 

[SharpByCoop]

You are very skilled and animated. I like that.

Good thread!

 

[seanj]

Very nice!

 

[d762nato]

Beautiful knives nice work.

 

[Grayswandir]

That's a grind I've never seen before. How do you think the blade will hold up over years of use? It's pretty thin, and you'd think the wrong amount of pressure might stress it enough to cause an accident, but I suppose it's safe, otherwise the knife wouldn't be very practical. Regardless, very beautiful work, love the stabilized horn.

EDIT: The way you chose to to nail the saya together is really nice. Most of the ones I've seen are glued. I like the way it looks. Small touches like that really sit the entire project apart.

 

[JParanee]

Very nice

 

[Boombats]

Holy moly, dat grind.