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Front of the santoku is a little stubby and has a bit more curve than I like; I'm kind of thinking to pick up something like a Zakuri Tosagata when it's available somewhere, but that's totally personal. Looks like you've figured out a good general shape.
 
Delbert Ealy said:
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So I made some adjustments.
On the line knife the handle is a bit narrower and the heel stands at 39mm I also brought the end of the tang up just a smidge.
the santoku I made some more serious mods more along the lines of the shig.
Let me know what you think.
Del
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Ohhhhh...I like it. Is that one by chance going to have a spalted maple burl handle and a bog oak bolster? :biggrin:
 
Like the shape of both knives. I own that shig santoku that was linked, and i use it almost every day at work, and its just because its so, well, nice (for a santoku that is!) :) I like the new profile on yours much more than the first. Oh and the narrower the handle on the line knife, the better imo.
 
Steel in Texas said:
Will you be making the Deltoku in O-1 carbon or AEBL initially?
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I will probably be making them in aebl once it arrives, but I can do it in either steel.
I am still not quite happy with it. I have the new prototype sitting on my bench and I look at it every day. I think its a bit tall, and so I may drop a bit of the height.
I am hoping to make a couple to take with me to the show in Wisconsin.
Del
 
Delbert Ealy said:
I will probably be making them in aebl once it arrives, but I can do it in either steel.
I am still not quite happy with it. I have the new prototype sitting on my bench and I look at it every day. I think its a bit tall, and so I may drop a bit of the height.
I am hoping to make a couple to take with me to the show in Wisconsin.
Del
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The chunky feeling I personally get from it is based on the edge being parallel to the spine, not from height alone. If you kept the same edge curvature while bringing the point up a few mm (i.e. the whole edge from the heel is angled upwards toward the spine a tiny bit) you'd have a more graceful profile in my unqualified opinion.
 
I personally would not like to see it go any shorter. Then it almost becomes a 210mm petty. If its too short you loose some of the ability to do a little bit of everything on the line with it as well a knuckle clearance. At least that has been my experience with 210mm pettys that I have tried to use in the past for this purpose.
 
He's talking about shortening the santoku. The line knife is pretty much set I think,
 
BJE1 said:
I personally would not like to see it go any shorter. Then it almost becomes a 210mm petty. If its too short you loose some of the ability to do a little bit of everything on the line with it as well a knuckle clearance. At least that has been my experience with 210mm pettys that I have tried to use in the past for this purpose.
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Yes my comments were about the santoku.
Del
 
Del, what Damascus will you be making the line knife in?
 
Del,

If I may, the Santoku is less obviously an Ealy design.

The way the choil drops to the edge from the handle is an identifier of your knives. On the Santoku a shallower (less abrupt) curve here (like your line knife) would look more "Ealy like", basically, just sick!

I also have the Shig Santoku, and your revised profile still has a higher tip / more belly. A lower nose and flatter profile edge, together with a flattened spine towards the tip (again, more like your line knife), would be the duck's guts (so to speak).

Really looking forward to the finished result!

Cheers,

J
 
Mute-on said:
Del,

If I may, the Santoku is less obviously an Ealy design.

The way the choil drops to the edge from the handle is an identifier of your knives. On the Santoku a shallower (less abrupt) curve here (like your line knife) would look more "Ealy like", basically, just sick!

I also have the Shig Santoku, and your revised profile still has a higher tip / more belly. A lower nose and flatter profile edge, together with a flattened spine towards the tip (again, more like your line knife), would be the duck's guts (so to speak).

Really looking forward to the finished result!

Cheers,

J
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Thanks,
I took a break on that one, too much going on, and I have to be in the right frame of mind to work on designs.
I can say I'm still not happy with what I have so far. I think the last one was a bit tall once I played with it a bit.
A lot of the comments seem to point to flatter profile and less belly, I got some of the same comments on my early gyutos.
I'll work on it when it feels right, I don't know if I'll have one done for the show.
Del
 
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