220mm 80CRV2 Gyuto S Grind pass around

[ronnie_suburban]

Next up is Ronnie! I am sure you have his address Mark! Lol.

Ronnie who?? I'm drawing a blank.

Lol, Mr. Suburban....

Hehe . . . I'm just sitting here guys!

[XexoX]

Next up is Ronnie! I am sure you have his address Mark! Lol.

Ronnie who?? I'm drawing a blank.

Lol, Mr. Suburban....

Hehe . . . I'm just sitting here guys!

In the catbird seat?

[ronnie_suburban]

Next up is Ronnie! I am sure you have his address Mark! Lol.

Ronnie who?? I'm drawing a blank.

Lol, Mr. Suburban....

Hehe . . . I'm just sitting here guys!

In the catbird seat?

Maybe so. In any case, sitting here and waiting patiently seems to have brought its rewards, as the knife arrived today. Looking forward to getting into it over the weekend and into next week.

[XexoX]

Hehe . . . I'm just sitting here guys!

In the catbird seat?

Maybe so. In any case, sitting here and waiting patiently seems to have brought its rewards, as the knife arrived today. Looking forward to getting into it over the weekend and into next week.

I'm sitting here hoping it will show up in a few photos next week! Have fun.

[ronnie_suburban]

In the catbird seat?

Maybe so. In any case, sitting here and waiting patiently seems to have brought its rewards, as the knife arrived today. Looking forward to getting into it over the weekend and into next week.

I'm sitting here hoping it will show up in a few photos next week! Have fun.

That could happen.

[taz575]

BillK is up next! Ronnie has been posting stuff in the "What did you cook today thread" and will probably be sending it off soon!

[taz575]

SteveM627 is up next when Bill gets to ship it! No rush on it! Jeff B will be after Steve!

[stevem627]

The knife is in my hands now! I look forward to doing some meal prep tomorrow or maybe Monday. It looks great and came to me quite sharp. Thanks to Taz for offering this up and Bill for getting this to me.

[Jeff B]

Knife arrived today, will start putting it through it's paces!

[taz575]

Got the knife back this weekend! I was surprised at the lack of patina, but I guess the little bit of Chromium in the steel helps! It reminds me of 52100 in terms of patina.

Next up for it is to clean up the grind a touch more, give it a gentle thinning on the back third of the blade and most likely give it a hand rubbed finish. And a nicer handle of course! The tester handle serves it's purpose, but is a weird shape so it can accommodate any tang size. I have some nice Afzelia Xzlay wood that will probably end up on it for the handle with a ferrule of some sort, maybe carbon fiber?

[billk1002]

Got the knife back this weekend! I was surprised at the lack of patina, but I guess the little bit of Chromium in the steel helps! It reminds me of 52100 in terms of patina.

Next up for it is to clean up the grind a touch more, give it a gentle thinning on the back third of the blade and most likely give it a hand rubbed finish. And a nicer handle of course! The tester handle serves it's purpose, but is a weird shape so it can accommodate any tang size. I have some nice Afzelia Xzlay wood that will probably end up on it for the handle with a ferrule of some sort, maybe carbon fiber?

Thank you for sending this around, it was an absolute pleasure to use on a daily basis!!

[stevem627]

I spent a good amount of time using Taz’s knife and I am quite impressed with the knife.

Unfortunately, I was delayed during using it quite a bit as I was dealing with a dog on her last legs...and we lost her after 16 plus years. She had a wonderful life and we will miss her.

I pretty much used the knife for all types of ingredients and I found the blade up to the task in all cases. I don’t think I could say the tip was excellent for fine work, but this is a midweight and most don’t handle fine detail work.

As far as cutting goes, the knife cut with good food separation, but it’s a bit sticky on wet ingredients. You can easily adjust your style to get around this. There is some light wedging in hard products like carrots, and sweet potatoes. The feel when cutting is very sturdy and it inspires confidence while cutting.

The steel didn’t patina fast, and I did let things sit on the knife to see what would happen. I keep a damp towel and wipe and dry blades I use quite quick usually but I was curious about the steel Taz used. The steel also held its edge through a darn good amount of use. I did not have to do any sharpening.

The only thing I found that I disliked was something that could be easily rectified is the handle and the fact it was inserted all the way. I found I lost a lot of cutting length in a full pinch grip, and I prefer a grip that has a heavy bevel and some neck so I can use a grip that is sort of between a hammer grip and a pinch grip. The way the handle on this knife was done you grip way up the blade in a pinch grip. The handle issue made it hard to judge the knife "feel" since it is so unlike anything I use. I find that I have been quite converted to liking a handle that has a nice bevel at the front of the handle to allows me to easily wrap my fingers around the front when using a pinch grip.

Thanks SO MUCH for letting me be in this pass around. It was a lot of fun trying this well finished knife.