SOLD Andrei Markin Custom Gyuto

[Acidwash]

Howdy all. Up for grabs is a really beautiful piece by an up and coming maker Andrei Markin. 260mm by 59 mm. It is made of a rare and gnarly Swedish? steel called Vanadis23 that is clad in stainless. It is hard to capture in a picture how great the contrast of the two steels looks, but I have pictures from a couple of different sources to hopefully do it justice. The custom western style handle is made out of stabilized Amboyna burl and the custom saya is made from the root of polysander. The grind on this knife is exquisite and the fit and finish are of a very high quality. I would like to get $600shipped in the US. Trade offer will be heard of course, especially anything Kamon or Xerxes. Thanks

 

[Acidwash]

 

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[gogogo545]

Hos are the super steele on the Stones?

 

[Acidwash]

Greetings. No idea. This knife hasn’t seen much action and still holds its original very sharp edge.

 

[marc4pt0]

Wow. If that were more my size range I'd be all over this

 

[Barmoley]

Vanadis23 is a very cool swedish steel, close to cpm-m4. Andrei makes really good knives.

 

[marc4pt0]

Andrei makes Great knives. The 4 of his I’ve tried have all been nothing shy of very impressive. A buddy of mine has one and it’s hands down his favorite in his growing collection

 

[Acidwash]

Yeah. He is a special knife maker. To work with these crazy high alloy steels is tons of work. Just to forge them, let alone forge weld them. It is a labor of love.

 

[Acidwash]

Dropped to $600.

 

[madelinez]

Andrei doesn't forge by the way, he works with pre heat-treated steel and grinds the knives, doing the HT up front is meant to help prevent warping at the edge for these high alloy steels. Obviously grinding is a lot more work when you heat treat first.

 

[Tonycast]

I am interested. How thick is it? Can you link to those Instagram posts?

 

[Acidwash]

It is 4.7 mm then tapers. Here is the Instagram link
https://www.instagram.com/p/B7eY2JHiUbE/?igshid=1k2cclxqigpvj

 

[Tonycast]

Thanks, I think that might be a bit thick for what im im looking for. Gorgeous knife and love the profile

 

[TSF415]

If I didn’t have a package on the way from Andrei, I’d have to give this a very hard consideration. If I had the money to spend on some super steel, this is where it would go.

 

[Barmoley]

Thanks, I think that might be a bit thick for what im im looking for. Gorgeous knife and love the profile

Too thick? Andrei gyutos have insane taper don't let the thickness at the heel sway you, it means absolutely nothing.