Monosteel western handle Gyuto discussion thread

[blokey]

@blokey do you have a fave western/yo carbon deba? Wouldn’t mind picking one up.

I do have this one here

Something fun, Azuma Minamoto Masahisa thick Gyuto, 4mm of VS1 at the heel with taper, clearly more of a Yo Deba but has potential
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[labor of love]

I think I want ginga. Had Kato workhorse choil shot
https://www.yuisenri.com/products/yuuraku-white-yodeba?variant=2279803650076

 

[blokey]

I think I want ginga. Had Kato workhorse choil shot
https://www.yuisenri.com/products/yuuraku-white-yodeba?variant=2279803650076

And a Togashi winter Honyaki spine

 

[Benuser]

I do have this one here

My Misono 165. If any damage occurs, it's so easily restored.

 

[labor of love]

My Misono 165. If any damage occurs, it's so easily restored.View attachment 318089

You could debone a full grown dragon with that thing and not get a single chip I bet.

 

[Benuser]

You could debone a full grown dragon with that thing and not get a single chip I bet.

And after a few strokes on BB chopping parsley again without bruising.

 

[refcast]

Spine at heel 1.8,
Spine halfway 1.4
Spine 1cm from tip 0.5mm

166g
250 mmx 47.5mm

Almost like a hook grind, there's a mini shinogi, great food release, glides through food too due to thinness, not much sticking. Steel is harder, doesn't respond to bending unlike almost every other japanese monosteel I've had . Maybe harder? I had to use a chisel hammer, because the bending sticks didn't work. Feels like SK sort of thing. Had a lot of recurves when I got it

 

[refcast]

The brand has other makers it look likes, different style of gyuto

 

[4wa1l]

Ended up getting a 270 kogetsu. Quite different from the 300. Shorter and thinner overall. Still plenty of convexity and could probably be thinner behind the edge but works great as is. Very very happy with it. Will see how long the sticker lasts...

 

[M1k3]

Will see how long the sticker lasts...


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You already lost 2 of them!

 

[4wa1l]

You already lost 2 of them!

Fortunately those two were intentional.

 

[Benuser]

Ended up getting a 270 kogetsu. Quite different from the 300. Shorter and thinner overall. Still plenty of convexity and could probably be thinner behind the edge but works great as is. Very very happy with it. Will see how long the sticker lasts...


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The larger one makes me wonder about the curve in handle and spine. Far from uncommon. I know it from Misono, Suien and others. What's the idea?