Withdrawn Bloodroot 200mm Koa-Cristobal Gyuto BNIB

[jeffscot]

Bloodroot 200mm Koa-Cristobal Gyuto BNIB

Just recieved today, April 11th, from Bloodroot:
April 2020 Sale Chefs, Continued —
Paid $625, Asking $599, including freight conus
Love the knife . . . would keep it if it was a little longer . . .

Bloodroot specs:
Blade: Sawblade @HRC 64.
Handle: Octagonal Cristobal handle with Koa spacer.
Notes: 177g. 51mm deep.
Sources: Steel - Granite sawblade, Elberton, Ga.
Cristobal - gift from a friend, Costa Rica.
Koa - customer gift.

 

[mengosmoothie]

Wow! Beautiful. Glws

 

[jeffscot]

Wow! Beautiful. Glws

thank you, sir!

. . . .and bump

 

[jeffscot]

. . . bump for price drop

 

[esoo]

It's just a sign of the days that this has been up for as long as it has for such a beautiful blade.. GLWS.

 

[AFKitchenknivesguy]

Whats the steel type?

 

[Hassanbensober]

I’m surprised this is still here! A great chance to cut the lottery and retail price. Sweet knife

 

[milkbaby]

Whats the steel type?

It says reclaimed steel from a granite sawblade from Elberton, Georgia. There's a granite quarry and factory there according to wikipedia.

When I search for granite cutting sawblade steel, the two that come up are 75Cr1 and 80CrV2. 75Cr1 seems to be 1075 with a pinch of chromium and 80CrV2 is similar to 1080 series steel with added chromium and vanadium. They use a hardness tester in house, and I bet the high hardness is to extend the edge retention of these steels beyond what you might otherwise expect from their composition. I'd guess they'd still be easy to sharpen too tho.

 

[jeffscot]

sold!

thanks KKF

edit: guess i can no longer edit the first post to SOLD . . .