The Gessshin Hide Mizu-Honyaki Wa-Gyutos are a special project we have been working on with the maker of our Gesshin Hide line of knives. The Gesshin Hide knives we carry have some of the most perfect grinding i have ever seen with hand made kitchen knives. This project started when Sara and I went to visit the makers of Gesshin Hide. In their shop i saw some really cool honyaki wa-gyutos sitting around. The ones I saw were unfinished, but they prompted me to ask about about doing a custom project to make some similar ones. After some discussion we picked Shiraki-san to forge these blades. He is well know as one of the top blacksmiths in Sakai. A few months later, the knives were finished, and now here they are. To say these are amazing would be an understatement.
Knife Type: Gyuto
Steel Type: Carbon
Handle Type: Ichii Octagon
Construction Type: Honyaki
Hand Orientation: Ambidextrous
Handle Length: 143mm
Handle Height: 26.78mm
Handle Width: 22.13mm
Handle to Tip Length: 244mm
Heel to Tip Length: 224mm
Width of Spine at Middle: 2.55mm
Width of Spine 1cm from the Tip: 1.23mm
Width of Spine at Handle: 3.54mm
Width of Spine above Heel: 3.43mm
Blade Thickness 1/2 way between the Spine and Edge: 2.49mm
The Gessshin Hide Honyaki Wa-Gyutos are a special project we have been working on with the maker of our Gesshin Hide line of knives. The Gesshin Hide knives we carry have some of the most perfect grinding I have ever seen with hand made kitchen knives. This project started when Sara and I went to visit the makers of Gesshin Hide. In thier shop I saw some really cool honyaki wa-gyutos sitting around. The ones I saw were unfinished, but they prompted me to ask about about doing a custom project to make some similar ones. After some discussion we picked Shiraki-san to forge these blades. He is well know as one of the top blacksmiths in Sakai, and is particularly talented when it comes to Blue #1 steel. A few months later, the knives were finished, and now here they are. To say these are amazing would be an understatement.
Knife Type: Gyuto
Steel Type: Carbon
Handle Type: Ho Wood Octagon
Construction Type: Honyaki
Hand Orientation: Ambidextrous
Handle Length: 142mm
Handle Height: 27.6mm
Handle Width: 22.1mm
Handle to Tip Length: 272mm
Heel to Tip Length: 254mm
Width of Spine at Middle: 2.7mm
Width of Spine 1cm from the Tip: 1.25mm
Width of Spine at Handle: 4.4mm
Width of Spine above Heel: 3.9mm
Blade Thickness 1/2 way between the Spine and Edge: 2.7mm
The Gessshin Hide Mizu-Honyaki Wa-Gyutos are a special project we have been working on with the maker of our Gesshin Hide line of knives. The Gesshin Hide knives we carry have some of the most perfect grinding i have ever seen with hand made kitchen knives. This project started when Sara and I went to visit the makers of Gesshin Hide. In their shop i saw some really cool honyaki wa-gyutos sitting around. The ones I saw were unfinished, but they prompted me to ask about about doing a custom project to make some similar ones. After some discussion we picked Shiraki-san to forge these blades. He is well know as one of the top blacksmiths in Sakai. A few months later, the knives were finished, and now here they are. To say these are amazing would be an understatement.
Knife Type: Gyuto
Steel Type: Carbon
Handle Type: Ichii Octagon
Construction Type: Honyaki
Hand Orientation: Ambidextrous
Handle Length: 137mm
Handle Height: 26.74mm
Handle Width: 22.85mm
Handle to Tip Length: 276mm
Heel to Tip Length: 255mm
Width of Spine at Middle: 2.44mm
Width of Spine 1cm from the Tip: 1.46mm
Width of Spine at Handle: 3.22mm
Width of Spine above Heel: 3.06mm
Blade Thickness 1/2 way between the Spine and Edge: 2.53mm