SOLD 210mm heavy tapered chef

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$75 shipped

210mm edge
48mm tall
5mm spine at handle
3.8mm spine halfway
0.9mm 1cm from tip
2.5mm spine at end of handle bottom
298g from 350g

Used to be a western deba
Sabun brand old stock
Need to clean it up and round choil
Wanted to try this workhorse thing but not for me lol
Thin tip, full convex both sides heavy right bias
Thinned with great release and glide
Balance point 7mm in front of bolster
Steel feels great, nicer than masahiro vc, crispy, prefer it to masakane. Doesn't behave like SK steel, more like V1 than V2. So high carbon, light alloy, moderately hard but hard
Pitting on tang and throughout, scales are tight
Giant thanks to water cooled power grinder at a friends' place. Did the first 25 g by hand on cerax 320. Coarse grit mark still there

Will take better pics after refinishing cause it's usable as is for me and I'm lazy and I like lasers and middleweights. Maybe this will be a wip kinda thing



Current state

Before, in the middle of working on it

Original tip

Current choil is similar but slightly thinner

 

[jacobwilder5]

Did the first 25 g by hand on cerax 320.

Sheesshh

 

[blokey]

Newer Sabun sk feels pretty good too, nice steel

 

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@blokey So yeah the steel, it feels forged, much nicer than most monosteel. Some kippingtom 52100 vibes from it, also Kramer 52100. Not as hard or alloyed as either but like a lighter version.

Softer than Takahashi Hamono, but takes a better edge for me. More prickly on fingertips, the edge Takahashi steel feels glassier

 

[blokey]

@blokey So yeah the steel, it feels forged, much nicer than most monosteel. Some kippingtom 52100 vibes from it, also Kramer 52100. Not as hard or alloyed as either but like a lighter version.

Softer than Takahashi Hamono, but takes a better edge for me. More prickly on fingertips, the edge Takahashi steel feels glassier

That sounds good, probably the old ones are forged. The new one I tried is good but more of standard SK good side of things

 

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Progress

 

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Thinned and refinished. Full convex on 320 grit cerax and 400 diamond vit stone, then silicon carbide, soapy water, and sandpaper. Excellent grip on the handle from the silicon carbide powder

1cm from tip is.8mm

Subtle differential hardening is visible near heel area. It's kinda of a diagonal blob. Very fine banding . . . Almost not visible. No hamon. The softer steel does polish subtly darker, but no activity along the hardening (or tempering) line. Not sure if the line is simply an artifact of a weld . . . Since the same change from bright to slightly darker steel is visible at the spine where it meets the bolster.

Steel isn't as hard as white steel honyaki but it's a close second. Same style grind as my honyaki gyuto regrinds.

 

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[Blumbo]

Lovely work!!! Nearly a new stock removal knife for likely negative pennies on the hour

 

[SwampDonkey]

Damn this turned out really well.

 

[HolyDiverScallop]

Damn. I should have bought this.