Milan Gravier Gyuto Passaround

[soigne_west]

I recently purchased a Gyuto from this lesser known French smith. In speaking with him, we had quite a good back and forth about knife trends, steels other blacksmiths. He is really a super nice guy and a pleasure to talk to. He has also been a blacksmith for over 10 years and i think he's got some serious skill.

I had originally thought and talked to him about doing a passaround he thought it was a really cool idea. I had planed to get a more "standard" size gyuto for it but thought why not just do one with the knife i just aquired.

I know people think its probably a terrible time for a passaround but I think its actually a great time. A lot of us are at home, moneys tight, and USPS seems to be somewhat keeping their act together and could also use our support.

I was thinking a group of 10-15 people, US only, active well known or senior members. Use the knife for a week, send it to the next person and add some feedback that will be shared with Milan.

Let me know who's interested.

https://www.instagram.com/marteauetenclume/?hl=en
groundrules:
-Use the knife, sharpen it, polish it if that’s your thing, but be a little careful in dense foods. This thing is THIN behind the edge.
-Please insure for $400
-Please make sure the knife is protected in case of longer than expected delivery times (mineral oil, etc)
-Enjoy it, but treat it like your own.
-leave a little review.

List so far

@crockerculinary
@Malcolm Johnson
@M1k3
@Neville Lin —knife is here
@dafox
@tgfencer
@SolidSnake03
@ian
@ExistentialHero
@mise_en_place
@GorillaGrunt
@Matt Zilliox
@thebradleycrew

 

[soigne_west]

Specs are 220x58 200g

hereare some photos.

 

[M1k3]

Me! LOL I like passarounds. Waiting on the Michi one still. Oh and the Paella lady.

 

[dafox]

I'm interested, please sign me up.

 

[tgfencer]

Im in

 

[soigne_west]

Sounds good. You guys are in!

 

[soigne_west]

Updated original thread with a few ground rules

 

[ian]

Interested.

 

[ExistentialHero]

I'd be game if my posting record qualifies as "active well known".

 

[soigne_west]

Your both in!

 

[dafox]

What steel is it made out of?

 

[soigne_west]

C130

 

[Neville Lin]

I’d like to be part of this one too!

 

[soigne_west]

Sure Neville.

 

[soigne_west]

List so far

@M1k3
@dafox
@tgfencer
@ian
@ExistentialHero
@Neville Lin

 

[crockerculinary]

Yo! Happy to contribute. Looks nice.

 

[soigne_west]

If @crockerculinary cool with it, we can start this tomorrow. He lives here in sac and can just hand it off. I suppose it doesn't really matter if it bounces back and forth across the country but i think for the most part well start on the west coast. Order above. If others have interest to join i have no problem with that. Let me know if anyone has and questions or tips or anything like that.

 

[crockerculinary]

Wow, what a pleasant weekend surprise. I’ll get in touch to arrange the pass off. Thanks for doing this Graham.

 

[A.Malcolm.ations]

I’ll join

 

[M1k3]

^^^^
Should be before or after me.

 

[labor of love]

Hey, what do you think of the steel? Never heard of it. What’s it like?

 

[soigne_west]

Sure Malcolm.

@labor of love it was literally explained to me as carbon 1.3. It’s a French steel. I think just very pure. Feels like shirogami.

 

[M1k3]

Sure Malcolm.

@labor of love it was literally explained to me as carbon 1.3. It’s a French steel. I think just very pure. Feels like shirogami.

Probably xc130.

 

[Barmoley]

It is like SC 125 with half the manganese or like 135cr3 without the chromium.

Should be very similar to white 1

https://www.eurotechni.com/en/c130-1-2002.html

 

[labor of love]

@soigne_west thanks for doing this passaround!
I’m not going to partake but I look forward to reading everyone’s thoughts. Especially with regards to steel and cutting ability

 

[slickmamba]

Thanks for setting this up! I'll also sit out but interested in reading the reviews

 

[mise_en_place]

I'm in if that's cool.

 

[dafox]

What is the cladding?

 

[soigne_west]

Very mild .1% carbon

 

[Matt Zilliox]

I recently purchased a Gyuto from this lesser known French smith. In speaking with him, we had quite a good back and forth about knife trends, steels other blacksmiths. He is really a super nice guy and a pleasure to talk to. He has also been a blacksmith for over 10 years and i think he's got some serious skill.

I had originally thought and talked to him about doing a passaround he thought it was a really cool idea. I had planed to get a more "standard" size gyuto for it but thought why not just do one with the knife i just aquired.

I know people think its probably a terrible time for a passaround but I think its actually a great time. A lot of us are at home, moneys tight, and USPS seems to be somewhat keeping their act together and could also use our support.

I was thinking a group of 10-15 people, US only, active well known or senior members. Use the knife for a week, send it to the next person and add some feedback that will be shared with Milan.

Let me know who's interested.

https://www.instagram.com/marteauetenclume/?hl=en
groundrules:
-Use the knife, sharpen it, polish it if that’s your thing, but be a little careful in dense foods. This thing is THIN behind the edge.
-Please insure for $400
-Please make sure the knife is protected in case of longer than expected delivery times (mineral oil, etc)
-Enjoy it, but treat it like your own.
-leave a little review.

List so far

@crockerculinary
@Malcolm Johnson
@M1k3
@Neville Lin
@dafox
@tgfencer
@ian
@ExistentialHero
@mise_en_place

Seeing as i nearly bought it, im in