Western Gyuto and some other work

[Mike Gesualdo]

Hey guys,

New around this part of the forums, but I've been making knives, primarily for the kitchen, for about 9 months now and wanted to share some of my work.

Here is a Gyuto I finished up last night. 9" blade, 52100 steel@61rc, stabilized maple burl handle.

Next one is a little 180mm mini yanagi. 1084@60rc, stabilized maple handle and blackwood ferrule. Hollow ground the rear.

Last are two 80mm parers, both 15n20@60rc, one in stabilized koa (chisel ground) and another in stabilized maple (full flat ground).

Hope you like them! Feel free to comment/critique

-Mike

 

[Burl Source]

Great looking knives Michael.
I really like the Gyuto.

 

[Chefget]

Really like that gyuto...beautiful shape, beautiful lines...and 52100 is my favorite kitchen steel!


-Michael

 

[Mike Gesualdo]

Thanks guys!

Happy to report that the new owners are actually using their knives

Here is the lady who owns the Gyuto making some dinner (not the most interesting of shots, hahah).

The owner of the Yanagi sent it back to get "branded," so I snapped some pictures first. Loving the patina on it!

... and this one I kept for myself

 

[BluntCut MetalWorks]

Very nice & well made knives, especially the 52100 gyuto :thumbup: Well done in keeping a long knife looking light & well balance. Was the gyuto balance point there by design?

 

[marchone]

Beautiful work. Very nice slicers. Are they all single bezel? Is the last parer 80mm also?

 

[Mike Gesualdo]

Very nice & well made knives, especially the 52100 gyuto :thumbup: Well done in keeping a long knife looking light & well balance. Was the gyuto balance point there by design?

Thank you!

The Gyuto is definitely my favorite as well, and probably my best work to date

I did plan on attempting to get the balance point right around where it ended up, but I'd be a liar if I said there wasn't a lot of luck involved

I made a 3D model beforehand so I could estimate the final balance point... then used temporary pins to hold the handle on until it was at around 90% finished so I could tweak things. Didn't require any additional skeletonizing or anything, though (aka I got lucky, haha).

Beautiful work. Very nice slicers. Are they all single bezel? Is the last parer 80mm also?

Thanks!

The maple parer is 80mm as well. They were actually made from the same short cutoff of steel I had laying around, using scraps of wood from other knives. They're kind of "brothers" in a sense... which is why I gifted one to my brother, and kept one for myself

Only the Koa parer and Yanagiba are single bevel. The Maple parer is full flat and the Gyuto is a plungless, lightly convexed (for food release) grind. I did notice the first picture does almost make it look like it has a plunge of sorts on the one side, but that's actually just a shadow playing games with me

Here's a more direct profile shot, sans funky shadow:

 

[Fishinbo]

Those are awesome knives, great blades with gorgeous handles. Beautiful work!