Looking for 240 (210) mm Gyuto

[Timthebeaver]

Zensho is per Maksim's spec, and kasumi, not hammered finish. Steel is SKD12 (A2)

There is a thread on FF where Larrin Thomas suggests that A2 is better cutlery steel than D2. Ymmv.

[Matus]

Right now I am looking at:
- Konosuke HD extra tall
- Yoshikane SLD
- Tanaka R2 (damascus blade and wa handle) - very interesting knife indeed
- AEB-L Gyuto from Marko (he does some great work based on what I have seen on his webpage)

[DeepCSweede]

If you are willing to wait - I would go with Marko

[daddy yo yo]

me too, i would go for marko!

in the meantime, maybe you can find smth. nice in the B/S/T section that will help you to bridge the gap until you will get your marko gyuto... and when you get your marko, you can sell the other knife...

[cclin]

Right now I am looking at:
- Konosuke HD extra tall
- Yoshikane SLD
- Tanaka R2 (damascus blade and wa handle) - very interesting knife indeed
- AEB-L Gyuto from Marko (he does some great work based on what I have seen on his webpage)

Marko sure makes great knife if you willing to wait for ??? months(I order 3 knives from Marko 7 month ago & still waiting.....)
you may also consider Gengetsu semi-stainless@ JKI or DT ITK if you can find one. I enjoy both knives very much.
yoshikane SLD is my favor all-around gyuto, superb geometry- wide bevels with incredible thin behind the edge glides through everything with no stiction! since you already own yoshikane SLD suji, you should know how nice the SLD steel feel(f/f, edge retention,etc.....)
here are pictures of my yoshikane SLD gyuto you can check out profile & geometry. I hope this will help.