23,3 cm Gyuto "Damascus steel"

This 23,3 cm workhorse has a very strong taper and a complex geometry. The blade is made with "Walkschliff". In the coil area, the blade has a strong convexity and the greatest blade thickness is about two-thirds the blade height. The convexity decreases further towards the tip and the largest blade thickness moves further towards the back of the blade. The tip is ground thin. As a result, the blade has very high cutting abilities in the front two-thirds and has a very strong wedge effect in the coil area.

The knife is equally suitable for all cutting techniques. 

The blade is made of 1.2419.05 and 1.2767 ESU mit a hardness of 65 hrc.

The Japanese handle is made of desert ironwood with a spacer made of stabilized maple and black fiber.

With the exception of stainless steels and PM steels, all the steels I use undergo an additional refining process. The flat material is cut into equal-sized pieces, precisely ground flat, and stacked into stacks at least 60 mm high. The stacks are then firewelded under air exclusion. This refined material forms the starting material for the subsequent blades. This process achieves a significantly finer and more homogeneous distribution of the alloying elements and, in combination with the correct heat treatment, small and evenly distributed carbides. Furthermore, microscopic gas inclusions and cavities from production are eliminated. This results in improved cutting edge stability and greater resistance to micro-chipping compared to the unrefined starting material, while maintaining the same hardness.

Of course, the blank was also forged with optimal temperature control and forming, and then subjected to extensive heat treatment (including deep freezing after hardening). This guarantees an optimally adjusted microstructure and finely distributed carbides.