Looking less like a deba and more like a gyuto. I have a better appreciation of the work that goes into a good honyaki. The forging and heat treatment seems like the easy bit.
Polish it. I’ve been waiting to see one of these fully reground and polished!
You should have had Murray put his stamp on it so that it became a Togashi x Carter Winter Honyaki 1 of 1
My thoughts exactly.
So what was your starting weight? How much did it lose? 60g? 80g? Even more?
It was 274 g so it lost 93 g. It lost a third of its weight in only a few days through heavy exercise! Could be a very good business.So what was your starting weight? How much did it lose? 60g? 80g? Even more?
Wow lol so it was basically treated as a blade blank
I mean, that’s what they are, right?
Yes. It was 6.5 mm st the spine before, now 4 mm. Not quite as much taper as some other blades will have but I’m happy about that. basically a yo-deba turned into a gyuto. If I tip it heavily it might become a Nakiri. A blade with lots of potential. For real though, very happy with how it turned out so far.
Second one looks better in my opinion. Balance is important though. Never hurts to prioritize performance.
You could always add a pommel and add back those 100+g lost.
Out of curiosity did Murray grind it flat or is there some convexity? Looking good
Mostly flat with some concavity in the lowest third. This picture could give you a rough idea. And yeah it’s close to stone ready, extremely impressive.
Yeah. Thats basically what these are.
Sure! With international shipping and everything it cost $350. With all the work that goes into it as mentioned by @Blank Blades. and the quality of the grinding, i think it’s a very reasonable price. It would’ve been much cheaper to get it done in Japan but very very complicated and with a standard grind, but then I could’ve just gotten a standard honyaki to begin with.
Isn’t it interesting that what’s considered fair is about twice, maybe even three times as much as togashi got for the blank?
How do you know what percentage Togashi received? I thought these 'blanks' were ordered direct and most of the cost would have gone directly to him. I'm not sure what his arrangement is with the other makers at this cooperative but there is no retailer middleman like Hitohira. At least that was my understanding of the mini massdrop.
They were working with Ikkyu, a middleman very similar to hitohira. You are cutting out the retailers in this instance, but the amount the smith/sharpener receives would not change. The only change is that the end user should receive a better price.
