i support this idea 100%, and workpony grind! hehe...then stick a handle on it and call it the Panda Express!
Can you explain this line at the heel in more detail? I'm not following what you're referencing off to find it.Next I offset the heel to neck line with the desired blade length. This gives me a line along which to put the tip.
Would you consider this example to have a mid-height tip?
You lost me at orthogonal to the tangent line in front of the curve and the back behind the curve.One idea for the belly discussion --
Put a line from the heel to the tip.
Then take this line and copy it (cmd-c),
Move it over so its now tangent w/profile
Now marke orthogonal to the tangent line,
into the "front" of the curve, and the "back" behind the curve,
as our tangent point can "estimate" apex of belly
Since the tangent point can be further back
or further forward to the tip,
its useful to know where it is
(ie, proportionatey along a relative continuum).
(This method may not be perfect but it
is I believe repeatable and comparable over many
different blade shapes.)
You lost me at orthogonal to the tangent line in front of the curve and the back behind the curve.
"into the "front" of the curve, and the "back" behind the curve"
You lost me at orthogonal to the tangent line in front of the curve and the back behind the curve.
Oh wow, not only do you use the same tip height measurement technique as merlijn, but you use the same belly measuring method too, albeit a different way of wording it!
i was not a fan of shig profile, and i had to alter the edge shape on my marko when i first got it cause it was too flat, kept digging into the board..By way of example, I have always found the Shigefusa gyuto profile instrinsically appealing. The angles, curves and proportions appear visually balanced to me.
Marko Tsourkan and Will Catcheside also produce similarly well resolved gyuto profiles. The Fibonacci proportions of the knife world, so to speak ...
Oh, and that Kippington bloke makes a pretty nice looking blade too ...
I'm guessing we all know that the angle of the tip is what causes this board-digging, but surprisingly the height of the tip has very little to do with it. For example, here would be a gyuto with hardly any belly (very flat) which could still be rocked high without digging the tip into the board:i had to alter the edge shape on my marko when i first got it cause it was too flat, kept digging into the board..
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